† ˈcurtain-ˈsermonObs. = curtain-lecture. 1611Speed Hist.Gt.Brit. ix. xv. §44 The Curtaine-Sermons nightly enlarged vpon the same Text.1621–51Burton Anat. Mel. iii. iii. iv. ii. 629. 1631 R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creature xv. §2. 255 He heares Curtaine..Sermons, ere the Morning.