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SERMOCINATION

\sˌɜːməsɪnˈe͡ɪʃən], \sˌɜːməsɪnˈe‍ɪʃən], \s_ˌɜː_m_ə_s_ɪ_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of SERMOCINATION

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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The making of speeches or sermons; sermonizing.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The making of speeches or sermons; sermonizing.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

ser-mos-i-n[=a]'shun, n. (obs.) speech-making: (rhet.) a form of prosopopoeia in which one answers a question he has himself asked.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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