Sermon Definition

sûrmən
sermons
noun
sermons
A lecture given as instruction in religion or morals, esp. by a priest, minister, or rabbi during services, using a text from Scripture.
Webster's New World
A religious discourse, especially one delivered as part of a service.
American Heritage
Any serious talk on behavior, responsibility, etc., esp. a long, tedious one.
Webster's New World
An often lengthy and tedious speech of reproof or exhortation.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb

(poetic, obsolete) To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.

Wiktionary

(poetic, obsolete) To tutor; to lecture.

Wiktionary
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Other Word Forms of Sermon

Noun

Singular:
sermon
Plural:
sermons

Origin of Sermon

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin sermō sermōn- discourse ser-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin sermō.

    From Wiktionary

Sermon Sentence Examples

  • After the sermon, they all stood to sing.

  • I never made a speech or a sermon... at least one I remember.

  • Even the sermon by the personable priest had an appropriate message of listening before pronouncing judgment.

  • He interpreted the Sermon on the Mount literally, denounced war and oaths, opposed the union of Church and State, and declared that the duty of all true Christians was to break away from the national Church and return to the simple teaching of Christ and His apostles.

  • No Unitarian publisher could be found for his sermon, and nearly all the pulpits of the city were closed against him.

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Words Starting With

SSESER

Words Ending With

NONMON

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Words Starting With S and Ending With N

Starts With S & Ends With NStarts With SE & Ends With NStarts With S & Ends With ON

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With N