sermon
IPA: sˈɝmʌn
noun
- Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.
- A lengthy speech of reproval.
verb
- (poetic, obsolete) To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.
- (poetic, obsolete) To tutor; to lecture.
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Examples of "sermon" in Sentences
- The topic of the sermon is adultery.
- In all sermons, let prolixity be avoided.
- His sermons were often firebrand and prohibitionist.
- He was arrested the night after the sermon by the Gestapo.
- The sermon issue goes to the heart of intellectual probity.
- Secondly, the sermon primarily focuses on the treatment of the poor.
- His sermons were always extemporaneous, anecdotal, and participatory.
- The book is largely focused on the message of the Sermon on the Mount.
- In May 1717, the Convocation appointed a committee to study the sermon.
- A sermon follows in which the bishop refers to the purpose of the visitation.
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