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sermoning

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The act of discoursing; instruction; preaching.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“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.”
“What need⟳ these assiduous pryaers, these frequent sermonings, these importune communicatings?”
“You needn't tell⟳ me, 'cause I know⟳ all about it without any sermoning.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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