sermoning

noun

sermoning

noun

Etymology From Middle English sermonynge; equivalent to sermon + -ing.

1

The act of discoursing; instruction; preaching.

now have things been so reformed with a witness, or rather a vengeance, that Sermoning carries all afore it, bears all down to little or nothing.1674, Matthew Scrivener, A Course of Divinity, page 395:
What need these assiduous pryaers, these frequent sermonings, these importune communicatings?1808, Joseph Hall, Sermons, page 603:

2 more examples

You needn't tell me, 'cause I know all about it without any sermoning.1879, Anthony Trollope, John Caldigate:
Or so said the bishops, whose self-righteous interolerance of any beliefs, save their own, made me doubt the sincerity in all their philanthropic sermonings to others.2011, John P. Galassie ·, When Dark Gods Descend, page 46:

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