† sermocinationn.
Obsolete.
1. Talk, conversation; a discourse, sermon.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun]
speechc900
talec1000
speaka1300
reasonc1300
speakinga1325
counsela1350
intercommuningc1374
dalliancec1400
communication1419
communancec1449
collocutiona1464
parlour?c1475
sermocination1514
commona1529
dialogue?1533
interlocutiona1534
discourse1545
discoursing1550
conference1565
purposea1572
talk1572
interspeech1579
conversationa1586
devising1586
intercourse1596
intercommunication1603
eclogue1604
commercing1610
communion1614
negocea1617
alloquy1623
confariation1652
gob1681
gab1761
commune1814
colloquy1817
conversing1884
cross-talk1887
bull session1920
rap1957
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a discourse or lecture
spellc888
predicationa1325
lessonc1330
collation1417
sermocination1514
discourse1533
lecture1536
descant1567
peroration1607
homilya1616
sermona1616
exercitation1632
transcursion1641
exhortatory1656
by-discourse1660
screed1748
purlicue1825
rhesis1840
talk1859
lecturette1867
chalk talk1881
pi-jaw1896
society > faith > worship > preaching > [noun] > instance of
lorespellc1000
sermona1200
predicationa1325
preachingc1350
collation1417
preachmentc1460
postils1483
preacha1550
exercise1597
sermocination1645
pronea1670
stick1759
1514 S. Appulby Fruyte of Redemcyon i. sig. A.iiiv Every oryson, every tonge, and sermocynacyon.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii A Talking together... Cermocination.
1644 Bp. J. Hall Free Prisoner ii, in Devout Soul 152 No sermocinations of Ironmongers, felt-makers, coblers.
1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. 48 Barrow and Greenwood were possessed with a spirit of railing and scoffing, terming..preaching preachment and sermocination.
1662 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Pref. Whatever kind of sermocination is generally used in any Country, may very properly be termed a Language.
1674 W. Petty Disc. before Royal Soc. Ep. Ded. sig. A11 Falsity..cannot be rectified by any sermocinations.
2. Rhetoric. A form of prosopopœia in which the speaker, having made a remark or put a question, immediately answers it.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > pretended speaker
prosopopey1550
prosopopoeia1550
sermocination1753
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Sermocination,..in rhetoric, denotes discourse in general, whether held by a person alone, or in company, and is the same with what is called dialogism.
Derivatives
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the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun]
mathelereOE
mouthOE
speaker1303
sayer1340
outera1415
utterer1509
handler1534
trumpet1549
discourser1564
deliverer1580
linguist1612
vocalist1613
sermocinator1623
sermocinatrix1623
articulator1651
worder1654
voice1667
stringer1774
tonguer1822
vocalizer1830
locutor1858
outspeaker1858
speaker-hearer1965
speaker-listener1965
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Sermocinator, hee which talketh.
1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 214 These obstreperous Sermocinators..make easie impressions upon the minds of the vulgar.
1652 W. Sancroft Mod. Policies sig. D4v These Clancular Sermocinators bear as great sway in popular minds..as the Loyolists doe.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun]
mathelereOE
mouthOE
speaker1303
sayer1340
outera1415
utterer1509
handler1534
trumpet1549
discourser1564
deliverer1580
linguist1612
vocalist1613
sermocinator1623
sermocinatrix1623
articulator1651
worder1654
voice1667
stringer1774
tonguer1822
vocalizer1830
locutor1858
outspeaker1858
speaker-hearer1965
speaker-listener1965
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Cermocinatrix, shee that instructed to speake.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Sermocinatrix, she which talketh.
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