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sermocination

sermocination noun: the making of speeches or sermons; sermonizing.

Noun

sermocination (countable and uncountable, plural sermocinations)

  1. (obsolete) The making of speeches or sermons; sermonizing.
    • Every oryson, every tonge, and sermocynacyon.1514, Fruyte of Redempcyon
  2. (rhetoric) A form of prosopopoeia in which one answers one's own question.

Forms of sermocination

pluralsermocinations

Origin of sermocination

From Latin sermocinatio. See sermon.

Questions about sermocination

What does sermocination mean?
Sermocination means the making of speeches or sermons; sermonizing.
What part of speech is sermocination?
Sermocination is a noun.
What is the plural of sermocination?
The plural of sermocination is sermocinations.

Words near sermocination in the dictionary

  1. serlopitant
  2. SERM
  3. Sermeno
  4. Sermenos
  5. Sermersooq
  6. sermocination
  7. sermocinations
  8. sermocinator
  9. sermocinators
  10. sermon
  11. Sermon on the Mount

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