sermonize
[ sur-muh-nahyz ]
/ ˈsɜr məˌnaɪz /
verb (used without object), ser·mon·ized, ser·mon·iz·ing.
to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
verb (used with object), ser·mon·ized, ser·mon·iz·ing.
to give exhortation to; lecture.
Also
especially British,
ser·mon·ise.
OTHER WORDS FROM sermonize
ser·mon·iz·er, nounWords nearby sermonize
serlio,
sermon,
sermon on the mount,
sermonette,
sermonic,
sermonize,
sero-,
serocolitis,
seroconversion,
seroconvert,
serodiagnosis
Example sentences from the Web for sermonise
Both generals, in the intervals of actual war, sermonise each other, and with much the same spirit that they fight.
You used occasionally to sermonise too; I wish you would, in charity, favour me with a sheet full in your own way.
The Letters of Robert Burns |Robert BurnsIt is easy to produce sermons in stones, easy to sermonise in very many ways; but Jocelin did not preach.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells |Percy Dearmer
British Dictionary definitions for sermonise
sermonize
sermonise
/ (ˈsɜːməˌnaɪz) /
verb
to talk to or address (a person or audience) as if delivering a sermon