(ˈ) ̷ ̷|manik adjective
also ser·mon·i·cal -nə̇kəl
Etymology: sermon (I) + -ic, -ical
1. : of, relating to, resembling, or appropriate to a sermon
devotional and sermonic books
four sermonic addresses
a long sermonic essay — Roger Hazelton
2. : given to sermonizing : didactic
teachers … who are sermonic — Christian Century
the sermonical turn which I now feel I must take — Yale Review