Definition of sermon

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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..

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Sermon :: Sermon (n.) A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer..
Lecture :: Lecture (n.) A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon..
Keynote :: Keynote (n.) The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon..
Sermon :: Sermon (v. t.) To tutor; to lecture.
Homily :: Homily (n.) A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse.
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or 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..
Sermonize :: Sermonize (v. i.) To inculcate rigid rules.
Funeral :: Funeral (n.) A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural.
Bidding Prayer :: Bidding prayer () The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the 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..
Sermonized :: Sermonized (imp. & p. p.) of Sermoniz.
Sermonish :: Sermonish (a.) Resembling a sermon.
Sermocinator :: Sermocinator (n.) One who makes sermons or speeches.
Centurial :: Centurial (a.) Of or pertaining to a century; as, a centurial sermon..
Special :: Special (a.) Appropriate; designed for a particular purpose, occasion, or person; as, a special act of Parliament or of Congress; a special sermon..
Sermon :: Sermon (v. i.) To speak; to discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon.
Text :: Text (n.) A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine..
Preachment :: Preachment (n.) A religious harangue; a sermon; -- used derogatively.
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..
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