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Middle English
Etymology
From sermonen + -ing.
Pronunciation
Noun
sermonynge (uncountable)
- Talking or speaking, especially with conviction and surety.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3090-3092:
Than seyde he thus to Palamon ful right;
‘I trowe ther nedeth litel sermoning
To make yow assente to this thing.’- Then said he thus to Palamon the knight;
‘I suppose little preaching is needed here
To make you assent to this thing.’
- Proselytizing or evangelising; spreading of religion.
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