sermoning
sermoning noun: the act of discoursing; instruction; preaching. Also the present participle and gerund of sermon.
Noun
sermoning (countable and uncountable, plural sermonings)
- The act of discoursing; instruction; preaching.
- now have things been so reformed with a witness, or rather a vengeance, that Sermoning carries all afore it, bears all down to little or nothing.1674, Matthew Scrivener, A Course of Divinity, page 395
- What need these assiduous pryaers, these frequent sermonings, these importune communicatings?1808, Joseph Hall, Sermons, page 603
Also used as
sermoning is also the present participle and gerund of sermon.
Examples of sermoning in a sentence
- You needn't tell me, 'cause I know all about it without any sermoning.1879, Anthony Trollope, John Caldigate:
- Or so said the bishops, whose self-righteous interolerance of any beliefs, save their own, made me doubt the sincerity in all their philanthropic sermonings to others.2011, John P. Galassie ·, When Dark Gods Descend, page 46:
Forms of sermoning
| plural | sermonings |
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Origin of sermoning
From Middle English sermonynge; equivalent to sermon + -ing.
Questions about sermoning
- What does sermoning mean?
- Sermoning means the act of discoursing; instruction; preaching.
- How do you use sermoning in a sentence?
- You needn't tell me, 'cause I know all about it without any sermoning.
- What part of speech is sermoning?
- Sermoning is a noun.
- What is the plural of sermoning?
- The plural of sermoning is sermonings.
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