sermonizern.
/ˈsəːmənʌɪzə/, U.S. /ˈsərməˌnaɪzər/ One who sermonizes or preaches.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > preacher > [noun]
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spellera1200
preacher?c1225
sermonerc1325
predicatorc1460
predicant?1519
pulpit man1581
homilist1616
concionator1623
sermonist1630
sermoneera1637
homiliana1641
pulpiteer1643
preachman1647
sermonizer1651
pulpitarian1654
pulpiter1681
predicatory1686
preacher man1848
preach1955
1651 J. Jane Εικων Ακλαστος 46 The Rebellion, perjury and Atheisme, that hath followed such sermonizers.
1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings (1790) I. xxxviii. 324 The method which the old sermonizers pursued to eke out their sermons.
1863 ‘Ouida’ Held in Bondage I. vi. 132 What the deuce, Colonel! you turning sermonizer?
1868 J. Doran Saints & Sinners I. 296 One of the heaviest and longest sermonizers of the seventeenth century was..Dr. Manton.
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