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sermon
[ sur-muhn ]
noun
- 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.
- any serious speech, discourse, or exhortation, especially on a moral issue.
Synonyms: lecture
- a long, tedious speech.
sermon
/ ˈsɜːmən; sɜːˈmɒnɪk /
noun
- an address of religious instruction or exhortation, often based on a passage from the Bible, esp one delivered during a church service
- a written version of such an address
- a serious speech, esp one administering reproof
Derived Forms
- sermonic, adjective
Other Words From
- sermon·less adjective
Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
He would wear the appropriate religious attire for each setting, sometimes knelt in supplication and on occasion was moved to tears by sermons.
“God saved us,” McCoy told his congregants in his first sermon after Trump won.
Smyth was a prominent barrister as well as a lay preacher - a member of the congregation who delivers sermons but is not ordained - who ran summer camps for young Christians.
In Luke 19:1-10, he spots Zacchaeus, the hated tax farmer, climbing a tree to watch one of his sermons, and singles him out.
They cannot alienate thousands of ordinary citizens looking for a good time, not a sermon.
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