What does "sermonize" mean?
Sermonize: To inculcate rigid rules. [R.] Chesterfield.
Additional senses
- 2.To preach or discourse to; to affect or influence by means of a sermon or of sermons. [R.] Which of us shall sing or sermonize the other fast asleep Landor.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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