sermon

Speech parts

1. sermon - Noun

2. sermon - Verb

Meaning

A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer.

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.

Hence, a serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or duty; an exhortation or reproof; a homily; -- often in a depreciatory sense.

To speak; to discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon.

To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.

To tutor; to lecture.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

discourse preaching address talk lecture exhortation admonition homily preachment service soliloquy evangelistic speech message moral
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Antonyms

hush citation encomium dialogue tribute praise
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Hypernyms

address speech lecture talking to

Hyponyms

baccalaureate homily kerygma evangelism preachment kerugma

Phrases with the word

give a sermon give sermon deliver sermon deliver a sermon

Anagrams

somner Merson

Examples

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible. George Burns

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. Oliver Goldsmith

You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave. Billie Holiday

It's a fine sermon about fasting when the preacher just had lunch. Ecuadoran Proverb

No church without a sermon. Czech Proverb

A good life is the best sermon. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Sermeno sermocination sermocinator Sermon on the Mount sermon-proof sermoneer