ˈtub-ˌpreacher
[See tub n. 4.]
One who preaches from a ‘tub’ (tub n. 4); a dissenting preacher or minister (contemptuous). So ˈtub-ˌpreaching n. and a.
| 1643 xiv Art. of Treason exhib. I. Pennington 5 Stephan Evans, alias Prince of Morocco, Knight of the Burning Pestle, Salter, and Tub-preacher, on Snow Hill. 1661 J. Davies Civ. Warres xxxii. 52 Tub-Preachings and Conventicle-Lectures were listened to as to Oracles. a 1670 Hacket Abp. Williams ii. (1693) 165 Your lawful Ministers..to whom..you do not resort,..but to Tub-preachers in Conventicles. 1719 D'Urfey Pills IV. 14 The Tub-preaching Saint was so zealous a Blade. 1899 S. R. Gardiner Cromwell 48 Those who looked down with scorn on the vagaries of the tub-preacher. |