pulpitry

English

Etymology

pulpit +‎ -ry

Noun

pulpitry (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The teachings of the pulpit; preaching.
    • John Milton
      […] that this is the true flourishing of a land, other things follow as the shadow does the substance; to teach thus were mere pulpitry to them.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pulpitry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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