sermon
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4.7
- noun
- /ˈsɜrmən/
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sermón
- I know how busy you are, so I prepared a sermon.
- a political sermon
So they deliberately started spreading hate filled conspiracy theories and not cooking lessons or sermons on on compassion.
- So they deliberately started spreading hate filled conspiracy theories and not cooking lessons or sermons on on compassion.
- So one thing you brought up a few weeks ago in one of your sermons was it's like basically saying you fall into your patterns.
- And I don't mean like a like a preachy sermon, like I, but I'm just saying that like you want to make sure that you got all your stuff together.
- Boy, that little Nas X sermon.
Examples
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We came here to watch a game of football, not for a sermon about critical race theory.
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One involved an antiwar sermon critical of President George W. Bush at an Episcopal church.
Academic text (2011) -
And then I would see like a sermon on like the importance of giving.
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And a man, I heard a sermon this weekend and the guy said what we do to get control is we make our world smaller.
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Maybe you can help me with this sermon.
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And like, all of these things run into a sermon that I heard at church Sunday about kindness.
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And it's such a moving sermon because he says in it, you know, these aren't optimal times, but they never were.
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This sermon I'm about to preach found sin in me.
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Rather, many imbue their sermons and teachings with an overtly critical commentary on the politics of production.
Academic text (2000) -
The priest delivered a powerful sermon on forgiveness that moved the congregation to tears.
Synonyms
184
4.8
A long talk that tells someone they did wrong
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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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9.9
A religious speech that gives moral advice
Antonyms
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 Moralizing
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sermon comes from the Latin sermo, which means 'speech' or 'conversation'. So a sermon can also mean a long moral talk that criticizes or tries to correct someone's behavior.