as in preaching
to deliver a sermon
did not believe that it was the president's place to sermonize, especially to other world leaders
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The reason the rap got the thumbs up from the crew was not just due to the freestyle stylings of the burgeoning MC, but rather a matter of practicing what everyone had been preaching.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026 -
Baptist and Presbyterian preachers were fined and jailed by local authorities for preaching without licenses.—
Corey D. B. Walker,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Sermonizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sermonizing. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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