Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Discoursing on heavenly things.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Discoursing on heavenly or holy things, or in a holy manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Speaking of
holy orsacred things. - adjective Prone to speaking in a
sanctimonious manner;preachy .
Etymologies
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From Latin sanctus ("holy) + loquens (present participle of loqui, "to speak").
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