Sermonize

Word SERMONIZE
Character 9
Hyphenation ser mon ize
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Definitions and meanings of "Sermonize"

What do we mean by sermonize?

To deliver a sermon to (someone). intransitive verb

To deliver or speak as though delivering a sermon. intransitive verb

To preach; discourse; harangue; use a dogmatic or didactic style in speaking or writing.

To lecture; lay down the law.

To make sermons; compose or write a sermon.

To preach a sermon to; discourse to in a formal way; persuade, affect, or influence by or as by a sermon.

Also spelled sermonise.

To preach or discourse to; to affect or influence by means of a sermon or of sermons. transitive verb

To compose or write a sermon or sermons; to preach. intransitive verb

To inculcate rigid rules. intransitive verb

To speak in the manner of a sermon. verb

To propagate one's morality with speech. verb

Speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements verb

To speak in the manner of a sermon; to preach; to propagate one's morality or opinions with speech.

To preach a sermon to (somebody); to give (somebody) instruction or admonishment on the basis of one's morality or opinions.

To say in the manner of a sermon or lecture.

To inculcate rigid rules.

Verb: • informal - to give a long or tedious piece of admonition or reproof; a lecture. origin: first popularized by the unlucky inhabitants and visitors of the CrackShack Urban Dictionary

A boring-like speech given for an extended period of time by a so-called expert in his field for the sole purpose of teaching the audience a subject or valuable lesson. Sermons are often delivered to the audience by total hypocrites, so please tread with caution. Urban Dictionary

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It is a complex oratorical form form with significant differences from religion to religion, denomination to denomination, region to region, and era to era. Urban Dictionary

1. Writing a Sermon, or simply preparing for one 2. Actually preaching said Sermon Urban Dictionary

This is the preaching of a naive, but self-righteous person who thinks that they know more about life than others. Urban Dictionary

When some asshole sends a long overwritten message to you and blocks you in a attempt to cut you off from your friends. This move is typically performed by insecure creeps with no concept of how interpersonal relationships work, let alone a hairbrush. These are also the ones that label people as "toxic" for no reason - loves high horses even when proven wrong Urban Dictionary

Matthew chapters 5-7. Where Jesus said many important and incredible things, like: "if someone takes your cloak, give them your tunic also," "be the salt and light of the earth," don't boast when you give to the poor and don't pursue revenge--etc, etc. Urban Dictionary

When a female is riding cowgirl and screaming coherent biblical terms, or terms related to religion, as if she was giving a sermon. Urban Dictionary

A church sermon, that last's no more than 30 minutes, so that church going men, can make it to the TV before the game starts. Urban Dictionary

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The word "sermonize" in example sentences

I am a Catholic, and albeit in my adulthood I've come to realize that my religion is not as all-embracing, compassionate, and christian as we sermonize from the pulpit, I can identify with the solace gained from quiet moments of prayer in an empty church. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Beatles (You know, the group that made Paul McCartney a multi-millionaire, so he can now sermonize about the destruction of coercive monopolies is a threat to “up and coming bands”), had, through most of their career, at most 8 tracks to work with, and it was analog tape. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The last thing I'd ever do is sermonize that "you should have gone home first," which is why this story makes me furious as well as intensely sympathetic. ❋ Greygirlbeast (2010)

Around 10 p.m. on a recent evening, the rabbi at Denver's Temple Emanuel was asked if he would ever sermonize about Tebow. ❋ Ben Cohen (2011)

I can sermonize about immigration policy until I am blue in the face, but nothing can convey how broken our system is like the story of a non-Spanish-speaking, undocumented teenager that was deported to a Spanish-speaking country. ❋ Pablo Andreu (2011)

When my father was growing up in the hills of southern Missouri, he would ride his bike into town with his buddies, in the smoky days of Indian Summers, to watch the preachers who crawled in from the backwoods to stand on their rickety boxes and sermonize to the patrons of the town square. ❋ Rachel Lora Simmons (2010)

About 160 people sat elbow to elbow on folding chairs to hear Haggard sermonize about sin, love and forgiveness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For President Obama and Mayor Bloomberg and their allies like to sermonize about a proposition not in dispute — the legal right of the imam to build on the property he's bought — while imputing the lowest of motives to anyone who disagrees with them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the months before the Santa Fe talks, Maxwell had crisscrossed the Southwest to sermonize about the threat of an Asiatic invasion. ❋ Michael Hiltzik (2010)

Episodes like these -- where a declared Tyranny like China violently acts against citizens with whom we empathize -- are ones about which, in general, the American political class loves to sermonize. ❋ Stephen Retherford (2009)

Savitri Era: Beware of persons who love to sermonize skip to main ❋ Tusar N Mohapatra (2009)

Beware of persons who love to sermonize peddling the esoteric terminologies unveiled by The Mother and Sri Aurobindo without themselves tasting their true awareness. ❋ Tusar N Mohapatra (2009)

After sitting around a table for a long time sipping wine, picking at tiny servings of expensive food, and listening to people hold forth and sermonize, sometimes all you want to do is sit on the couch with a pizza and a beer and watch reruns of "Three's Company." ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2009)

She was a dedicated civil rights activist and political talent with a bright future -- granted, whenever someone dies young, people sermonize about how he had a "bright future" ahead of him -- but she actually did. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Not only did I not know it was essentially their mission to "fight the occupation" (sounds like an famous American rap song of about a decade ago) but the quote is so dripping with "deep", "oh so deep" concern for Israel's "morals" -- one can imagine that he would stand there in the the South and sermonize while the missiles rained down ever deeper into Israel towards their grand prize of Tel Aviv. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It wasn't uncommon at the [CrackShack] to find JonnyPorno getting drunk, [trapping] unsuspecting [visitors] and making them listen to him sermonate. ❋ MzKittyPr0n (2009)

Examples include: 1. Church [sermons] by a priest/pastor/[preacher] 2. [Commencement] addresses at graduation ceremonies 3. Parents to their children whenever they do something the parents used to do that they now feel is wrong ❋ Loxi (2009)

Look at that [hot Italian] guy over there, [I bet] he has a large [Sermone] ❋ NumberOne111 (2015)

Wid one hand He snatched The sun from its [socket], And the other He clapped across the moon. (by [E.C].L. Adams 1876-1946 and published in [1928].) ❋ Kimberly Vaught (2004)

Ya, today i spent the whole day [sermonizing] in [the Library] for Sunday. -or- Ya, on Sunday i sermonized the [bejesus] out of my Church! ❋ Preacher McPreacher (2009)

The [sophomore] was [child sermonizing] about worldwide [ills] in a way that would be laughable, if not so obnoxious! ❋ I, Wreckerrr (2016)

It's funny, I was going to see [Evelyn] and Tina tonight but got sermon-blocked by [Dermit]. [Y'know] it's funny how she had the time to sermon-block me without checking herself ❋ Indiepoprocks (2023)

[e.g]. "[Mother Teresa] really took the [sermon on the mount] seriously." ❋ Truthseekernumberthree (2013)

This girl was [riding] me and just [broke out] a [sermon on the mount]. ❋ Paigeville (2009)

Brother [Rick] gave a ballgame sermon this Sunday, so I caught the [kick off] at the [Cowboys] game. ❋ BigJamesCru (2008)

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