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sermon

[ sur-muhn ]

noun

  1. a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
  2. any serious speech, discourse, or exhortation, especially on a moral issue.

    Synonyms: lecture

  3. a long, tedious speech.

    Synonyms: tirade, harangue, lecture



sermon

/ ˈsɜːmən; sɜːˈmɒnɪk /

noun

    1. an address of religious instruction or exhortation, often based on a passage from the Bible, esp one delivered during a church service
    2. a written version of such an address
  1. a serious speech, esp one administering reproof


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Derived Forms

  • sermonic, adjective

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Other Words From

  • sermon·less adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sermon1

1150–1200; Middle English < Medieval Latin sermōn- (stem of sermō ) speech from pulpit, Latin: discourse, equivalent to ser- (base of serere to link up, organize) + -mōn- noun suffix

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sermon1

C12: via Old French from Latin sermō discourse, probably from serere to join together

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Example Sentences

A Gaylard Williams Sunday sermon (which lasted for 45 minutes on average) was something to behold.

King says in a sermon a month later at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama.

In Germany, a prominent Muslim imam gave a sermon asking Allah to kill all of the “Zionist Jews.”

“I agree with what the sermon was and what it was about,” she said.

Your sermon this Sunday morning: Is the power of prayer enough to overcome the German defense?

I felt just the same when I was married myself; but it's nothing to preaching one's first sermon.

The author of the life of St. Francis Xavier, asserts, that "by one sermon he converted ten thousand persons in a desert island."

A clergyman observed in his sermon, that this was unpardonable, as people did it with their eyes open.

Many years ago, while a clergyman on the coast of Cornwall was in the midst of his sermon, the alarm was given, A wreck!

In the churchyard, under a great tree, still standing, John Wesley preached his last open-air sermon.

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