| Sermon (sermon) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Ser"mon |
| [OE. sermoun,
sermun, F. sermon, fr. L. sermo, -onis, a
speaking, discourse, probably fr. serer, sertum, to
join, connect; hence, a connected speech. See Series.] |
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.
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| Sermon (sermon) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Ser"mon |
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To speak; to discourse; to
compose or deliver a sermon.
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| Sermon (sermon) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Ser"mon |
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To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.
To tutor; to lecture.
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