sermocination

English

Etymology

From Latin sermocinatio. See sermon.

Noun

sermocination (countable and uncountable, plural sermocinations)

1. (obsolete) The making of speeches or sermons; sermonizing.
   • 1514, Fruyte of Redempcyon:

     Every oryson, every tonge, and sermocynacyon.

2. (rhetoric) A form of prosopopoeia in which one answers one's own question.

References

• “sermocination”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.