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1. (n.) sermon
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, usu. delivered by a cleric during religious services.
2. sermon
any serious speech, discourse, or exhortation, esp. on a moral issue; lecture.
3. sermon
a long, tedious speech.
Etymology: (1150–1200; ME < ML sermōn-, s. of sermō, L: speech, talk, dialogue)
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| Definition of 'sermon' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) sermon, discourse, preaching
an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
2. (noun) sermon, preaching
a moralistic rebuke
"your preaching is wasted on him"
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1. (noun) sermon
a talk a religious leader gives
He preached a sermon on forgiveness.
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| Definition of 'sermon' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) sermon
a discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer
2. (noun) sermon
specifically, a discourse delivered in public, usually by a clergyman, for the purpose of religious instruction and grounded on some text or passage of Scripture
3. (noun) sermon
hence, a serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or duty; an exhortation or reproof; a homily; -- often in a depreciatory sense
4. (verb) sermon
to speak; to discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon
5. (verb) sermon
to discourse to or of, as in a sermon
6. (verb) sermon
to tutor; to lecture
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Sense: a serious talk, especially one given in church based on or discussing a passage in the Bible
The text for this morning's sermon is taken from the fifth chapter of Exodus.
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 Afrikaans: preek |
 Arabic: عِظَه، مَوْعِظَه |
 Bulgarian: проповед |
 Brazilian: sermão |
 Czech: kázání |
 German: die Predigt |
 Danish: prædiken |
 Greek: κήρυγμα |
 Spanish: sermón |
 Estonian: jutlus |
 Farsi: موعظه |
 Finnish: saarna |
 French: sermon |
 Hebrew: דְרָשָה |
 Hindi: धर्मोपदेश, प्रवचन |
 Croatian: propovijed |
 Hungarian: szentbeszéd, igehirdetés |
 Indonesian: khotbah |
 Icelandic: predikun, stólræða |
 Italian: sermone, predica |
 Japanese: 説教 |
 Korean: 설교 |
 Lithuanian: pamokslas |
 Latvian: sprediķis |
 Malay: khutbah |
 Dutch: preek |
 Norwegian: preken |
 Polish: kazanie |
 Persian: موعظه |
 Pashto: وعظ، خطابه، موعظه، خطبه، |
 Portuguese: sermão |
 Romanian: predică |
 Russian: проповедь |
 Slovak: kázeň |
 Slovenian: pridiga |
 Serbian: propoved |
 Swedish: predikan |
 Thai: การพูดอย่างจริงจัง; เทศนา |
 Turkish: vaaz |
 Taiwanese: 講道 |
 Ukrainian: проповідь |
 Urdu: وعظ |
 Vietnamese: bài thuyết giáo |
 Chinese: 布道，说教 |
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