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local preacher

noun

  1. (in early Methodism) a layperson appointed to supervise the congregation and conduct services between visits of a circuit rider.
  2. (in the southern U.S.) a lay preacher.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of local preacher1

First recorded in 1765–75
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During her father’s trial, she is virtually kidnapped by a local preacher, who ensures she can’t return to her Cherokee relatives.

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A local preacher had been telling families that the Crumbs were “agents of the devil.”

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Some elderly people say they suffered burning eyes, while local preacher Duncan Kariuki, 43, said his one-year-old child had to be hospitalised for smoke inhalation.

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A local preacher prepared his three children to go to the airport last month to welcome their uncle, only to find out the morning of the arrival that the flight had been canceled.

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“When I say people went out of business, it didn’t happen one by one. It happened in groups,” said Wade, donning a catfish-adorned baseball cap while a local preacher carried in a television he had procured for the restaurant.

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