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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