Definition of sermon

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Sermon (n.) A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer..

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Mortal :: Mortal (a.) Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours..
Centurial :: Centurial (a.) Of or pertaining to a century; as, a centurial sermon..
Discourse :: Discourse (n.) Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation; sermon, etc.; as, the preacher gave us a long discourse on duty..
Beatitude :: Beatitude (n.) Any one of the nine declarations (called the Beatitudes), made in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. v. 3-12), with regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished by certain specified virtues..
Sermocinator :: Sermocinator (n.) One who makes sermons or speeches.
Preach :: Preach (v. i.) To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon..
Sermon :: Sermon (n.) 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..
Baccalaureate :: Baccalaureate (n.) A baccalaureate sermon.
Sermon :: Sermon (v. t.) To discourse to or of, as in a sermon..
Desk :: Desk (n.) A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession..
Sermonish :: Sermonish (a.) Resembling a sermon.
Preach :: Preach (v. t.) To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon..
Application :: Application (n.) Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the moral of a fable. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry..
Keynote :: Keynote (n.) The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon..
Sermoner :: Sermoner (n.) A preacher; a sermonizer.
Compose :: Compose (v. t.) To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture..
Preach :: Preach (v. t.) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
Text :: Text (n.) A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine..
Sermon :: Sermon (n.) Hence, a serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or duty; an exhortation or reproof; a homily; -- often in a depreciatory sense..
Funeral :: Funeral (n.) A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural.
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