sermocination

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noun

The making of speeches or sermons; sermonizing.

OriginLatin sermocinatio →
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Meanings

nounsermocination (countable and uncountable, plural sermocinations)

plural sermocinations

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableThe making of speeches or sermons; sermonizing.

    Every oryson, every tonge, and sermocynacyon.

    1514, Fruyte of Redempcyon
  2. countablerhetoricuncountableA form of prosopopoeia in which one answers one's own question.

Origin

  1. Latinsermocinatio
  2. Englishsermocination

From Latin sermocinatio. See sermon.

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APA

sermocination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sermocination

MLA

“sermocination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sermocination. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sermocination,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sermocination.

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