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sermon
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ser·mon  (sûrmn)
n.
1. A religious discourse delivered as part of a church service.
2. An often lengthy and tedious speech of reproof or exhortation.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin serm, sermn-, discourse; see ser-2 in Indo-European roots.]

ser·monic (-mnk), ser·moni·cal (--kl) adj.

sermon [ˈsɜːmən]
n
1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms)
a.  an address of religious instruction or exhortation, often based on a passage from the Bible, esp one delivered during a church service
b.  a written version of such an address
2. a serious speech, esp one administering reproof
[via Old French from Latin sermō discourse, probably from serere to join together]
sermonic  [sɜːˈmɒnɪk], sermonical adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sermonsermon - an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
church service, church - a service conducted in a house of worship; "don't be late for church"
speech, address - the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"
baccalaureate - a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies
kerugma, kerygma - preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church
evangelism - zealous preaching and advocacy of the gospel
homily, preachment - a sermon on a moral or religious topic
2.sermon - a moralistic rebuke; "your preaching is wasted on him"
talking to, lecture, speech - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"

sermon
noun homily, preaching, discourse, talk, address, speech, lesson, exhortation his first sermon as bishop
Translations
sermon [ˈsɜːmən] Nsermón m
the Sermon on the Mountel Sermón de la Montaña
to give sb a sermon (fig) (pej) → sermonear a algn, echar un sermón a algn

sermon [ˈsɜːrmən] nsermon m

sermon
n (Eccl) → Predigt f; (= homily)Moralpredigt f; (= scolding)Strafpredigt f; the Sermon on the Mountdie Bergpredigt

sermon [ˈsɜːmən] n (in church) → sermone m (pej) (lecture) → predica
sermon [ˈsɜːmən] n (in church) → sermone m (pej) (lecture) → predica

sermon
n sermon [ˈsəːmən]
a serious talk, especially one given in church based on or discussing a passage in the Bible The text for this morning's sermon is taken from the fifth chapter of Exodus. preek عِظَه، مَوْعِظَه проповед kázání prædiken die Predigt κήρυγμα sermón jutlus موعظه saarna sermon דְרָשָה धर्मोपदेश, प्रवचन propovijed szentbeszéd, igehirdetés khotbah predikun, stólræða sermone, predica 説教 설교 pamokslas sprediķis khutbah preek preken kazanie sermão predică проповедь kázeň pridiga propoved predikan การพูดอย่างจริงจัง; เทศนา vaaz 講道 проповідь وعظ bài thuyết giáo ,

sermon موعظة kázání prædiken Predigt κήρυγμα sermón saarna sermon propovijed predica 説教 설교 preek preken kazanie sermão проповедь predikan การเทศนา การให้โอวาท vaaz bài thuyết giáo 训诫


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