SERMONIZING

Verb

sermonizing

present participle of sermonize

Noun

sermonizing (plural sermonizings)

The giving of sermons.

Source: Wiktionary


SERMONIZE

Ser"mon*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sermonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Sermonizing.]

1. To compose or write a sermon or sermons; to preach.

2. To inculcate rigid rules. [R.] Chesterfield.

Ser"mon*ize, v. t.

Definition: To preach or discourse to; to affect or influence by means of a sermon or of sermons. [R.] Which of us shall sing or sermonize the other fast asleep Landor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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