sermonic


ser·mon

S0282500 (sûr′mən)n.1. A religious discourse, especially one delivered as part of a service.2. An often lengthy and tedious speech of reproof or exhortation: "his father's Teutonic and pedestrian sermon on the safety of staying home" (Paul Theroux).
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sermō, sermōn-, discourse; see ser- in Indo-European roots.]
ser·mon′ic (-mŏn′ĭk), ser·mon′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.