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ser⋅mon⋅ic

[ser-mon-ik]
–adjective
of, pertaining to, or resembling a sermon.
Also, ser⋅mon⋅i⋅cal.


Origin:
1755–65; sermon + -ic


ser⋅mon⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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ser·mon   (sûr'mən)   
n.  
  1. A religious discourse delivered as part of a church service.

  2. An often lengthy and tedious speech of reproof or exhortation.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sermō, sermōn-, discourse; see ser-2 in Indo-European roots.]
ser·mon'ic (-mŏn'ĭk), ser·mon'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
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