1. sermon - Noun
2. sermon - Verb
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 dictionaryThe 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