† sermoningn.
Obsolete.
1. Preaching; also, a sermon.
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society > faith > worship > preaching > [noun]
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pulpitizing1651
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preachery1828
sermonology1854
parsonizing1864
kerygma1889
a1300 Cursor Mundi 1829 Þai for-soke his sermoning And toke his word al til hething.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21123 [M]atheu, a-postil and wangeliste,..For sarmoning of gods word, Men sais he stiked was wit suord.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. xxvii. 18 Sermonynge and prechinge maketh men many times leue sinne.
a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden Exam. & Writings J. Philpot (1842) (modernized text) 323 The divelish hypocrisy hath been..vanquished..both by reasoning, sermoning and writing.
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 5 Quaint Sermonings interlin'd with barbarous Latin.
1657 J. Watts Scribe, Pharisee Ep. to Rdr. sig. b2 To break out, unto preaching & sermoning in the pulpits of others.
2. Talk, discourse, conversation. to make sermoning of, to speak of.
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the mind > language > speech > [noun]
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wordOE
mathelingOE
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voicinga1626
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jawinga1731
talkee-talkee?1740
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voicing1822
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voicing1831
the spoken word1832
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voice1855
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praxis1950
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8824 Þe stones to Bretaigne for to brynge, Þat Merlyn made of sermonynge.
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 1184 Herof was so longe a sermonynge.
c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 1100 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 32 Þan held þai wele lang sermonyng of..hewinlik thing.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. xii. 98 With sic wordis and prudent sermonyng Of his wise agit freynd.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 7 Thair he hes maid, with richt lang sermoning, Ane sair complaint.
Derivatives
ˈsermoning adj. preaching.
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society > faith > worship > preaching > [adjective]
sanctiloquent1656
sermoning1677
sermonizing1714
1677 2nd Pacquet Advices 57 The whole Posse of Sermoning Matrons (the chief Garison of the Presbyterian Clergie).
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