sermonic

American  

[ser-mon-ik] / sərˈmɒn ɪk /

Sometimes sermonical

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.

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Other Word Forms

• sermonically adverb

Etymology

Origin of sermonic

First recorded in 1755–65; sermon + -ic

Example Sentences

James Baldwin’s soaring, sermonic prose; Toni Morrison’s scriptural authority; William Faulkner’s Genesis-like cosmologies of Southern identity and place: All draw heavily on a Christian-inflected aesthetic.

From New York Times

He brought his remarks home with the sermonic delivery of his dream of social and class harmony transcending racial and ethnic lines in America.

From Seattle Times

But unlike “Selma,” her drama about Martin Luther King, Jr., it can seem awkwardly sermonic, relaying its ideas by way of familiar tropes.

From The New Yorker

Her pronouns shift from “him” to “we”—“Our hopes were pinned on Iowa. We had to win it or otherwise stand down”—and she adopts Barack’s own sermonic listing mode, describing meetings with voters “in Davenport, Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs . . . in bookstores, union halls, a home for aging military veterans, and, as the weather warmed up, on front porches and in public parks.”

From The New Yorker

Those inside sang, sobbed and listened to speeches both sermonic and angry by political leaders and leaders of the Jewish community.

From Washington Post