Dictionary.com
definitions

sermonize

[ sur-muh-nahyz ]
/ ˈsɜr məˌnaɪz /
|
SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR sermonize ON THESAURUS.COM

verb (used without object), ser·mon·ized, ser·mon·iz·ing.

to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.

verb (used with object), ser·mon·ized, ser·mon·iz·ing.

to give exhortation to; lecture.

RELATED WORDS

edify, admonish, pontificate, evangelize, lecture, teach, preach, preachify

Nearby words

  1. sermocination,
  2. sermon,
  3. sermon on the mount,
  4. sermonette,
  5. sermonic,
  6. sero-,
  7. serocolitis,
  8. seroconversion,
  9. seroconvert,
  10. serodiagnosis
Also especially British, ser·mon·ise.

Origin of sermonize

First recorded in 1625–35; sermon + -ize
Related formsser·mon·iz·er, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for sermonize

British Dictionary definitions for sermonize

sermonize

sermonise

/ (ˈsɜːməˌnaɪz) /

verb

to talk to or address (a person or audience) as if delivering a sermon
Derived Formssermonizer or sermoniser, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for sermonize

sermonize

v.

1630s, from Medieval Latin sermonizari, from Latin sermo (see sermon). "Chiefly depreciatory" [OED]. Related: Sermonizing.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper