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ser⋅mon

  [sur-muhn]
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–noun
1. a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, esp. 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, esp. on a moral issue.
3. a long, tedious speech.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME < ML sermōn- (s. of sermō) speech from pulpit, L: discourse, equiv. to ser- (base of serere to link up, organize) + -mōn- n. suffix

Related forms:
ser⋅mon⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
2, 3. lecture. 3. harangue, tirade.
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Word Origin & History

sermon 
c.1200, from Anglo-Fr. sermun, O.Fr. sermon, from L. sermonem (nom. sermo) "discourse, speech, talk," originally "a stringing together of words," related to serere "to join" (see series). Main sense in Eng. and Fr. is eliptical for L. sermo religiosus. Dim. form sermonette is attested from 1814.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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