chadbandEtymologyAfter the character of Mr Chadband in Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House (1852).nounA smug preacher.“Chadbands have nothing to do with art, and their appearance on every possible occasion is an insult to artistic intelligence. The priest is the enemy of art; always has been, and always will be. Art is pagan, and the prattle of the preacher will never make it anything else.”