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lecture; sermon; preaching
scolding; preaching; moralizing; moralising
古刹の住職が静かに説法する。
The abbot of the old temple quietly delivers a sermon.
釈迦に説法のような話を長々と聞かされた。
I was lectured at length on something that amounted to preaching to the converted.
参拝客に向けて和尚が自らの経験を交えた説法を垂れた。
The head monk delivered a sermon woven with his own experience to the worshippers.