Not sure I'm getting mechanics right

[PhilD]

Corwin said:
I know for sure that preaching takes place before the battle, at least in Dom2. Once I've lured fully decked VQ into attacking my army, which was traveling in VQ's dominion. Unknown to my enemy, I had several preasts travelling with the army. They spend the night before the battle praying to their God and asking him help them in this dire hour. When VQ struck next turn, thinking that she is safe, she found herself fighing outside of her own dominion. When she fell, she was gone for good.

Actually, the Dom3 manual describes the turn sequence as:

6. Magic battles

11. Assassinations

14. Movement battles

15. Castle storming

24. Dominion

so it looks like this changed with Dom3.