sermonistn.
/ˈsəːmənɪst/ A preacher, sermonizer.
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spellera1200
preacher?c1225
sermonerc1325
predicatorc1460
predicant?1519
pulpit man1581
homilist1616
concionator1623
sermonist1630
sermoneera1637
homiliana1641
pulpiteer1643
preachman1647
sermonizer1651
pulpitarian1654
pulpiter1681
predicatory1686
preacher man1848
preach1955
1630 G. Widdowes Schysmatical Puritan B 2 b The factious Sermonist, is he, whose purenes is, to serue God with sermons, and extemporary praiers made according to his supposititious inspiration.
1632 D. Lupton London & Countrey Carbonadoed 82 [Players] do as some wandring Sermonists, make one Sermon trauaile and serue twenty Churches.
1816 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. 331 What a contrast between him and our dramatic sermonists.
1844 Fraser's Mag. 29 292 We were together looking over the ponderous sermonist.
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