Definition of sermon

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

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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..
Sermocination :: Sermocination (n.) The making of speeches or sermons; sermonizing.
Sermonical :: Sermonical (a.) Like, or appropriate to, a sermon; grave and didactic..
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..
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..
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..
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..
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..
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..
Sermonish :: Sermonish (a.) Resembling a sermon.
Sermon :: Sermon (v. i.) To speak; to discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon.
Skeleton :: Skeleton (n.) The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon..
Homily :: Homily (n.) A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse.
Preach :: Preach (v. t.) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
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..
Sermonize :: Sermonize (v. i.) To inculcate rigid rules.
Head :: Head (n.) A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon..
Preaching :: Preaching (n.) The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse; serious, earnest advice..
Funeral :: Funeral (n.) A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural.
Sermonet :: Sermonet (n.) A short sermon.
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