sermonize

/sˈɜːmənˌaɪz/

[verb]

to sermonize

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

to deliver a religious speech, especially in a way that is boring or annoying

synonyms : moralise

moralize

preachify

sermonise

Examples

1. And that's really important because I think that if I was just sermonizing, no one would read my books.

2. People like me can sermonize about how, when you behave badly, when you destroy every norm of civility and decency, you corrode the world around you.

3. But Luther wrote a lot about marriage, and sermonized about it too for the princes, nobility, and his growing number of followers.