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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..

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..

Special :: Special (a.) Appropriate; designed for a particular purpose, occasion, or person; as, a special act of Parliament or of Congress; a special sermon..

Sermoning :: Sermoning (n.) The act of discoursing; discourse; instruction; preaching.

Sermonical :: Sermonical (a.) Like, or appropriate to, a sermon; grave and didactic..

Sermoner :: Sermoner (n.) A preacher; a sermonizer.

Sermonish :: Sermonish (a.) Resembling a sermon.

Skeleton :: Skeleton (n.) The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon..

Length :: Length (a.) The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk..

Sermonizing :: Sermonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sermoniz.

Sermonize :: Sermonize (v. i.) To inculcate rigid rules.

Homiletics :: Homiletics (n.) The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them..

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..

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..

Sermon :: Sermon (v. t.) To tutor; to lecture.

Sermonist :: Sermonist (n.) See Sermonizer.

Preach :: Preach (v. t.) To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon..

Prolix :: Prolix (a.) Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or argument; excessively particular in detail; -- rarely used except with reference to discourse written or spoken; as, a prolix oration; a prolix poem; a prolix sermon..

Pericope :: Pericope (n.) A selection or extract from a book; especially (Theol.), a selection from the Bible, appointed to be read in the churches or used as a text for a sermon..

Sermonizer :: Sermonizer (n.) One who sermonizes.

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