From preacher + -like.
preacherlike (comparative more preacherlike, superlative most preacherlike)
- Resembling or characteristic of a preacher.
1988 May 13, Rod McCollom, “Fund-Raiser”, in Chicago Reader[1]:The preacherlike man asked his friend, who had become silent.
2013, K. T. Berger, Where the Road and the Sky Collide[2], →ISBN:Looking like no stranger to hard work, Jim was tall and lean with a deep, resonant, preacherlike voice and manner.