Usually means: Preaching emphasizing hellfire and damnation.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word fire and brimstone:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. fire-and-brimstone, fire and brimstone: Merriam-Webster
  2. fire and brimstone: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fire and brimstone: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fire-and-brimstone, fire-and-brimstone: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fire and brimstone: Vocabulary.com
  6. fire and brimstone: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. fire and brimstone: Wiktionary
  8. fire-and-brimstone: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. fire-and-brimstone: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. fire-and-brimstone, fire and brimstone: Dictionary.com
  11. Fire and Brimstone (single), Fire and Brimstone, Fire and brimstone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. fire and brimstone: Rhymezone
  13. fire and brimstone: FreeDictionary.org
  14. fire and brimstone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. fire-and-brimstone, fire and brimstone: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. fire and brimstone: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. fire and brimstone: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fire and brimstone)

noun:  The traditional punishments of Hell.
adjective:  Referencing or emphasizing the power and wrath of God.

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