sermocination

noun — 2 senses

sermocination

noun

Etymology From Latin sermocinatio. See sermon.

1

Obsolete The making of speeches or sermons; sermonizing.

  • Every oryson, every tonge, and sermocynacyon.1514, Fruyte of Redempcyon:
2

Rhetoric A form of prosopopoeia in which one answers one's own question.

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