sermon
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈsɜrmən/
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sermón
- She was inspired by the sermon on forgiveness that spoke directly to her struggles.
- deliver a sermon
- preach a sermon
- give a sermon
I used to go to Louis to hear Louis Farrakhan sermons when I was in college.
- I used to go to Louis to hear Louis Farrakhan sermons when I was in college.
- And I'm going to cut this short, but so I went to every sermon Peter ever preached at church.
- He, he goes and starts listening to Ambrose's sermons.
- But at church, when they'll they'll the pastor will preach and they'll go through the sermon.
- And so one day I was shocked, my dad walked up and gave a sermon as a guest, a guest sermon on the pulpit.
- So they were both sent off to to spend a certain amount of time crafting their sermon.
- So I remember when we first planned at the church, we did a yearly calendar of sermon topics.
- That's why you've got to welcome every chance to listen to the lyrics of a song or the sermon on Sunday morning.
- About the difficulty of detecting emotions such as fear from formal and sometimes formulaic documents, such as sermons or even letters.
- And, you know, the sermon on the mouth later on as well.
- Here are some people going to sermons with their table books.
Examples
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But as always, Pastor Nolan ended his sermon with a word of encouragement.
Fiction book (1991) -
Parishioners came together to worship at mass, but sermons were delivered in English, French, and German.
Academic text (1993) -
But you have a sermon to give tomorrow.
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Obviously, your sermon was more powerful than mine.
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And Adam's doing his Sunday sermon per usual.
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A delightful sermon, as usual.
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We'd better keep this quiet until I address it in my sermon.
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After Jesus' sermon, he told us to feed everyone but all we had were five loaves of bread and two fish.
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We sat through hundreds of sermons together, singing hymns and holding hands.
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The pastor delivered a powerful sermon about kindness and compassion during Sunday service.
Synonyms
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1.8
A formal talk given to an audience to inform or persuade
718
1.8
A speech given to an audience
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3.6
A speech about religion given during a church service
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9.2
A short talk in a church about moral or religious ideas
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8.2
A talk about religion given during a church service
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7.3
A short religious talk often given on radio or television
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9.9
A religious speech that gives moral advice
Compounds
- Literature
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6.2
A long talk by Jesus that gives key moral teachings in the Bible books Matthew and Luke
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sermon comes from the Latin sermo, which means 'speech' or 'conversation'. So a sermon is a speech in church about religion or morals.