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sermon

[ sur-muhn ]

noun

  1. a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
  2. any serious speech, discourse, or exhortation, especially on a moral issue.

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  3. a long, tedious speech.

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sermon

/ 藞s蓽藧m蓹n; s蓽藧藞m蓲n瑟k /

noun

    1. an address of religious instruction or exhortation, often based on a passage from the Bible, esp one delivered during a church service
    2. a written version of such an address
  1. a serious speech, esp one administering reproof
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • sermonic, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉别谤顎僲辞苍路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sermon1

1150鈥1200; Middle English < Medieval Latin 蝉别谤尘艒苍- (stem of 蝉别谤尘艒 ) speech from pulpit, Latin: discourse, equivalent to ser- (base of serere to link up, organize) + -尘艒苍- noun suffix
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sermon1

C12: via Old French from Latin 蝉别谤尘艒 discourse, probably from serere to join together
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I learned that McPherson built it and held pageant-like sermons there, walked into the sea and was thought drowned.

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"So many of you have lost everything," he told those who had gathered in the rain to listen to his sermon more than 10 years ago.

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In his sermons, he called for social inclusion and criticised governments that failed to pay attention to the poorest in society.

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Meanwhile, the Easter sermon traditionally given by the Archbishop of Canterbury and seen as the Church of England's primary religious message for the weekend, was instead delivered by the Archbishop of York at York Minster.

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And so, like, the funniest joke and the best sermon have so much overlap.

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