pulpitismn.
/ˈpʊlpᵻtɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpəlpəˌtɪz(ə)m/, /ˈpʊlpəˌtɪz(ə)m/ Style, practice, or language belonging to or characteristic of preachers; (also) an instance of this; a form of speech or behaviour associated with the pulpit.
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1857 Brit. Q. Rev. July 213 There is not a trace of pulpitism in it [sc. his elocution].
1868 Ladies Repository Apr. 301/2 Our critic might have swollen these objectionable pulpitisms to a much greater extent. He might, perhaps, have told us of popular, talented, and educated clergymen whom he had heard say bless-um for bless him.
1881 Ch. Rev. No. 589. 177 The common-places and pulpitisms which have gone so far to make volumes of sermons odious.
1962 H. Butt in N. Krupp You can be Soul Winner 64 What started as a lay movement has deteriorated into a professional pulpitism financed by lay spectators.
1997 C. Frazier Cold Mountain (2000) 118 I displayed a great poorness at every feature of the job but the pulpitism, he admitted. But there I shined.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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