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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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..
Sermonize :: Sermonize (v. i.) To inculcate rigid rules.
Skeleton :: Skeleton (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal..
Sermon :: Sermon (v. t.) To discourse to or of, as in 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..
Preaching :: Preaching (n.) The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse; serious, earnest advice..
Skeleton :: Skeleton (n.) The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon..
Mortal :: Mortal (a.) Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours..
Baccalaureate :: Baccalaureate (n.) A baccalaureate sermon.
Sermon :: Sermon (v. i.) To speak; to discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon.
Oration :: Oration (n.) An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill..
Mission :: Mission (n.) A course of extraordinary sermons and services at a particular place and time for the special purpose of quickening the faith and zeal participants, and of converting unbelievers..
Sermonizer :: Sermonizer (n.) One who sermonizes.
Sermocination :: Sermocination (n.) The making of speeches or sermons; sermonizing.
Sermoner :: Sermoner (n.) A preacher; a sermonizer.
Sermoneer :: Sermoneer (n.) A sermonizer.
Sermonized :: Sermonized (imp. & p. p.) of Sermoniz.
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..
Sermonizing :: Sermonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sermoniz.
Homily :: Homily (n.) A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse.
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