sermocinator

English

Etymology

From Latin sermocinor (“to preach a sermon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɜː(ɹ)ˈmɒsɪˌneɪtə(ɹ)/

Noun

sermocinator (plural sermocinators)

1. (obsolete) One who makes sermons or speeches; a preacher.
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     obstreperous Sermocinators

References

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

Latin

Verb

sermōcinātor

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of sermōcinor

References

• “sermocinator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sermocinator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sermocinator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.