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ˈsermonizing, vbl. n.
[f. sermonize + -ing1.]
Delivery or composition of sermons; preaching (lit. and fig.).
1635F. White Sabbath Ep. Ded. 14 Concerning their owne ecclesiasticall sermonizing. 1761Hurd in Warburton & H.'s Lett. (1809) 331 The common way of sermonizing is most wretched: neither sense, nor eloquence. 1796M. Robinson Angelina II. 245 There was something so awful in the old gentleman's sermonizing, that I could not immediately answer him. 1830Coleridge Table-t. 27 May, Any whining or sermonizing would have..confirmed me in my absurdity. 1890Spectator 13 Sept., Dr. Liddon had early realised that preaching does not come by nature;..that amateur sermonising is no better than amateur acting.
So ˈsermonizing ppl. a. (or vbl. n. used attrib.).
1714Mandeville Fab. Bees i. (1723) 12 Whom d'ye think The Sermonizing Rascal chid? A Glover that sold Lamb for Kid. 1740–87Lett. of Miss Talbot (1808) 43 You see I am in a sermonizing humour. 1808E. Sleath Bristol Heiress III. 131 Tired of her sermonizing conversation. 1877Owen in Marq. Wellesley Desp. Introd. p. xxxvii, The sermonizing and inquisitorial passage from the Directors' own Despatch. |