sermonize

[ sur-muh-nahyz ]
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verb (used without object),ser·mon·ized, ser·mon·iz·ing.
  1. to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.

verb (used with object),ser·mon·ized, ser·mon·iz·ing.
  1. to give exhortation to; lecture.

Origin of sermonize

1
First recorded in 1625–35; sermon + -ize
  • Also especially British, ser·mon·ise .

Other words from sermonize

  • ser·mon·iz·er, noun

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How to use sermonize in a sentence

  • (Complete CPAC Coverage) A couple of speakers later, Mike Huckabee revved up the crowd with his just-plain-folks sermonizing.

  • Whether or not the father understood that this brief sermonizing was intended primarily for him, he did not show any resentment.

    Story of Chester Lawrence | Nephi Anderson
  • There never was a time when in all denominations of Christians there was so much attractive sermonizing as to-day.

    Around The Tea-Table | T. De Witt Talmage
  • And Napoleon, who has done a great deal of religious sermonizing for political reasons, would have persecuted me.

  • I am so sorely tried with my many afflictions, that I cannot compose my mind for sermonizing.

    The Witch of Salem | John R. Musick
  • Or I might publish, to the dismay of every one intimately concerned, a denunciatory sermonizing book.

    San Cristbal de la Habana | Joseph Hergesheimer

British Dictionary definitions for sermonize

sermonize

sermonise

/ (ˈsɜːməˌnaɪz) /


verb
  1. to talk to or address (a person or audience) as if delivering a sermon

Derived forms of sermonize

  • sermonizer or sermoniser, noun

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