sermonn.

Brit.

/ˈsəːmən/, U.S.

/ˈsərmən/

Forms: α. Middle English sermun, Middle English sarmun, Middle English–1500s sarmon, sermoun, Middle English sarmoun(e, sermown(e, Middle English–1500s sermone, Middle English– sermon. β. Middle English–1500s sermond(e, 1500s serment, sarmond, 1600s searmond, 1700s vulgar sarmant.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman sermun = Old French sermon (= Provençal sermo(n, Italian sermone, Spanish sermon, Portuguese sermão), < Latin sermōnem, sermo talk, discourse, speech.

†1.

a. Something that is said; talk, discourse. Obsolete. to make sermon: to speak. to make (a) long sermon: to speak at great length.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > [noun]

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jawinga1731

talkee-talkee?1740

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the spoken word1832

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praxis1950

c1275 Serving Christ 53 in Old Eng. Misc. 92 Þureh his sely sermun sorewe him wes by-þouht.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 9240 Arme vs swyþe, & go we doun, Wyþoute any more sarmoun!

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13494 Quat sal i sai yow lang sermun?

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13245 To þe Iues..In his louing he made sermon.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1185 If hit be ueray & soth sermoun.

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 40 Withoute more sermone, Thei drouhe handes, as weddynge askethe of rihte.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. x. xvii. f. 147/1 Thayr wes na sermone amang thaym how yair army suld be arrayit.

1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. C3^v When any of you come to your confession at Tyborne, what is your last sermon that you make.

1594 2nd Rep. Dr. Faustus xxiii. sig. I3 Desired Don Infeligo with very milde sermon to bee friends with Medesimo again.

†b. In particularized use: A speech, discourse; plural in collective sense, words, talk. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > [noun] > that which is or can be spoken

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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech

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α.

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 2025 What shuld I langer sermone off it make?

c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Prol. 87 He..Nolde neuere write in none of his sermons Of swyche vnkynde abomynacions.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22219 Sant Paule þus sais in his sarmuns To þe folk of þe tessaluns.

1447 O. Bokenham Agnes in Lyvys Seyntys 189 The prefect..made hir a sermoun ful of flatery.

c1500 W. Kennedy Passion of Christ 1509 Quhilk ar þe sarmonis quhilk ȝe at oþer speir?

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. i. 1 These are the Sermons of Ieremy the sonne of Helchia the prest.

β. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxi. 246 It is not nedefull that I sholde make a longe sermonde.1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. v. xi. 186 He ceissit nocht with sic playis, sermondis & exerciciouns..to draw þame.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 11491 He said in his sermond, þat sothely the grekes Were of pepull & pouer plaintius mony.

†c. plural. The satires (sermones) of Horace.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > types of satirical poem > the Satires of Horace

sermons1540

1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. i. sig. Ij As Horace witnesseth in his .ii. boke of sermons, the .iii. Satyre.

1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iii. i. sig. B2^v Good Horace..I am for your Odes or your Sermons, or any thing indeede.

1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 438 Again Horace in his Odes... Likewise in his Sermons.

a. A discourse, usually delivered from a pulpit and based upon a text of Scripture, for the purpose of giving religious instruction or exhortation. to preach, †do, †make, †say a sermon.

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society > faith > worship > parts of service > homily > [noun]

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society > faith > worship > preaching > [noun] > instance of

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α.

a1200 Vices & Virtues 35 He wisseð ðes mannes iðang..oðer ðurh haliȝe writes oðer ðurh hali sermuns.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 232 Wepe we quod þe hali mon in uitas patrum. þoa me hefde longe on him iȝeiet efter sarmun.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 20 Ine þet þou ne hest..y-hyerd his seruise ne y-zed his benes ne yhyerd sermons.

c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 81 I have to day been at youre chirche at messe, And seyd a sermoun after my symple wit.

a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 1 Here begynnes a Sermon..þe whilke teches how scrifte es to be made.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. i. 81 He herde in a sermone that was prechid that deth spareth none.

?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. E He comyth bod[i]ly euery yere in his chirche and doth a sermon.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxi. 38 Sermons are not the onely preaching which doth saue soules.

a1686 T. Watson Body Pract. Divinity (1692) 342 Which is worse, to stay from a Sermon, or sleep at a Sermon?

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 269. ¶5 The Sunday before, he had made a most incomparable sermon out of Dr. Barrow.

a1831 R. Whately Rhetoric in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) I. 263/1 Sermons not unfrequently prove popular, which consist avowedly and almost exclusively of Exhortation.

1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy 29 A life of jealousy of the Establishment, disputes, tea meetings, openings of chapels, sermons.

β. c1500 God spede the Plough 62 Preching dayly Sermondys inough With good Examples full graciously.1564 in Three 15th Cent. Chron. (Camden) 130 Y^e Byshope of London went to the pulpyt and prechyd a sermond.1599 in W. Kelly Notices illustr. Drama (1865) 230 [He] further said the preacher was a Liar, for that, in his sermond, he said [etc.].

b. As an institution connected with a particular church or pulpit or particular season.

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1479 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 426 The Maire and Shiref of Bristowe shall..kepe theire Aduent sermondes.

1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 57 Thys yere on sent Martyns day begane the sarmond at the crosse agayne.

c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1877) II. 40 Allso this yeare the sermons at Whitsontyde was kept at Pawles Crosse.

1646 W. Prynne Canterburies Doome 378 Concerning the Sermon weekly on Wednesday in Saint James Chappell in Brackley.

1765 S. Foote Commissary i. 2 Never misses the sarmant on Sundays.

c. As a written or published work.

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society > faith > worship > preaching > [noun] > instance of > written or published

sermon1422

1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. xxxii. 183 I fynde In a Sermonde writte, that an extorcionere is wors than the deuyll.

1547 (title) Certain sermons, or homilies, appoynted by the Kynges Maiestie, to be declared and redde, by all persones.

1657 Crooke's Div. Char. To Rdr. sig. A 2^v Certain select Sermons..licensed by the Vice-chancellor of Oxford, to be printed there.

a1721 M. Prior Turtle & Sparrow (1723) 193 And Sermons are less read than Tales.

1862 J. F. Stephen Def. Rowland Williams 150 In Bishop Horsley's Sermons.

d. Without article. at, after sermon = at, after church.

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society > faith > worship > church-going > [adverb]

at, after sermona1470

a1470 W. Gregory Chron. in Hist. Coll. Citizen London (Camden) 239 Whyle men were at sarmonys the Sonday aftyr noon.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxii. 49 Those places which euery day for the most part are at sermons as the flowing Sea.

c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 65 Immediatlie he past to the kirk, and..maid sermon as thoght he had done na sik thing.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1666 (1955) III. 443 After Sermon I waited on my L: A: Bish: of Cant.

1773 A. Grant Let. 5 May in Lett. from Mountains (1806) I. 56 Kilmore, where we heard sermon, is four miles off.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xi. 173 The young Laird of Hazlewood rides hame half the road wi' her after sermon.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 189 To march in procession to Notre-Dame, and hear sermon.

e. The discourses of Jesus and the Apostles. Sermon on the Mount, the discourse recorded in Matthew v-vii and introduced by the words ‘he went up into a mountain..and taught them, saying’.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [noun] > discourse

sermonc1250

society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [noun] > discourse > Sermon on the Mount

Sermon on the Mount1582

c1250 Kent. Serm. in Old Eng. Misc. 31 He hedde i-yne þo newe laghe in one montayne and hedde i-maked þet formeste sarmun þet euerte made in erþe.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 138 Oure lord ate biginnynge of his uayre sermon zayþ þet yblyssed byeþ þe poure.

1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 82 Quhen he prechit the sueit sermond to thaym apone the montane.

c1535 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1901) I. 13 The serment of Petir befor the congregratioun at Jerusalem.

1582 in Bible (Rheims) Matt. v. (margin) The sermon of Christ vpon the Mount.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxii. 45 Hearers of the Apostles Sermons.

1645 H. Hammond Of Conscience (new ed.) §26 Christs improvements of the Law in the Sermon on the Mount.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost xii. 339 The Sermon on the Mount is the law of perfection given to the Christian people of the world.

1897 Church Times 20 Aug. 186/4 In spite of the Sermon on the Mount, men expect a deanery or a comfortable competency to be the sequel to a life of work for God.

3. transferred and figurative.

a. A discourse (spoken or written) on a serious subject, containing instruction or exhortation. Also contemptuously, a long or tedious discourse or harangue.

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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a discourse or lecture

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society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [noun] > instructive discourse

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 169 Making a sermon of continencie to her.

1786 R. Burns Poems 176 Perhaps it may turn out a Sang; Perhaps, turn out a Sermon.

1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. (title) The Statesman's Manual..: A Lay Sermon, addressed to the higher classes of society.

1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond xii And now let's go to business, gentlemen, and excuse this sermon.

1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood vii. 42 I will not repay your confidence with a sermon.

1872 C. S. Calverley Fly Leaves 62 They do not make their woes the text Of sermons in the Times.

b. Something that affords instruction or example.

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society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [noun] > parable or exemplum

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a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. i. 17 Bookes in the running brookes, Sermons in stones.

1700 J. Dryden Char. Good Parson in Fables 534 His Preaching much, but more his Practice wrought; (A living Sermon of the Truths he taught).

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

sermon book n.

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1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. 9 He might meet in any sermon-book, with abundant field to forage in.

sermon-head n.

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1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Mark i. 15) These were foure of our Saviours Sermon-heads.

sermon note n.

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1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 269 He..had..taken Sermon notes by his most dextrous and incomparable faculty in short-writing.

sermon-pamphlet n.

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1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 69 Latin Sermon-Pamphlets.

sermon-style n.

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1702 in T. Brown Commendatory Verses 8 Let 'em by N——'s Sermon-stile refine Their English Prose.

sermon-time n.

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1534 Chron. in Songs, Carols, etc. (E.E.T.S.) 163 & þer stod on a skaffold, all þe sermond tyme, þe holy maid of Kent.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xii. 265 A Set of wicked Wretches, who were at play in Sermon-time .

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) ix. 75 He always took his nap during sermon-time.

† sermon while n. Obsolete

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1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. 546 On which date in the Sermon while.

b. Objective.

sermon-actor n.

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1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 46 The finicall goosery of your neat Sermon-actor.

sermon-borrower n.

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1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iv. 106 Which the Sermon Borrower complained of to the Lender of it.

sermon-hunter n.

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1886 H. F. Lester Under Two Fig Trees 186 The fashionable Sermon-hunters.

sermon-hunting n.

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a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 154 Psalm-singing, sermon-hunting, ejaculating.

sermon-maker n.

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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Sermon maker, concionator.

1850 Thomson Owen's Wks. I. Life p. cvi No one..will refuse to him the praise of a great sermon-maker.

sermon-monger n.

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1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 231 These modern orthodox-juglers and sermon-mongers.

?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. ii. 22 I have found more Honesty [amongst the naked Indians in America],..in one Day, than amongst those Sermon-mongers in a Year.

sermon-slighter n.

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1646 J. Saltmarsh Groanes for Liberty 29 That the Parliament are Sermon sleighters.

sermon-taster n.

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1709 Female Tatler No. 7/3 A Sett o' Gentlemen..that are call'd Sermon-Tasters, they peep in at twenty different Churches in a Service.

sermon-writer n.

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1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings (1790) I. xxxviii. 329 The quaintness of the old sermon writers.

c. Adverbial.

sermon-goer n.

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1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 578 Hypocrites, dissemblers, holy brethren, sermon-goers, Puritans.

sermon-proof adj.

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a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 219 It is a fearfull obduration, to be Sermon-proofe.

1769 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) III. 367 I am afraid many of them are sermon-proof.

sermon-shaken adj.

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a1656 R. Vines Treat. Lords-supper (1657) 364 Sometimes a man is Sermon-shaken, and his heart begins to tremble.

† sermon-trodden adj. Obsolete

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1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xiii. 19) People are now so Sermon-trodden..that their hearts..grow hard by the Word.

sermon-wise adv.

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1646 W. Prynne Canterburies Doome 378 That it was a Catechizing Sermon-wise, and as bad as preaching.

1796 C. Smith Marchmont IV. 423 The first head of his argument, which he divided sermon-wise.

C2.

sermon-bell n. a bell rung to give notice of a sermon.

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society > faith > worship > parts of service > homily > [noun] > bell indicating

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society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > bell > [noun] > to give notice of sermon

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1646 J. Trapp Brief Comm. John i. 41 Do the office of the sermon-bell at least, we know not what God may there do for them.

1687 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 255 They shall..ring the great bell for the Searmond bell.

1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 57 Of them not one Shall court our view, on the sepulchral stone;..Or keep the Sexton from the sermon-bell.

sermon case n. a cover for the protection of a sermon in manuscript.

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society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun] > cover > binder for unbound periodicals, etc.

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ring binder1906

1853 Hodson's Booksellers' Directory Advt. Sermon Cases, Black Roan, 2s.

sermon class n. a class for instruction in preaching sermons.

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society > faith > worship > preaching > [noun] > class for instruction in

sermon class1847

1847 Carus Life C. Simeon iv. 62 He would..encourage the least hopeful of his sermon-class by telling them, that with his example before them none need despair.

sermon paper n. writing paper of foolscap 4to size.

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society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > paper of specific size

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copy1712

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Kentish cap1766

vessel of paper1790

antiquarian1815

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quatrain1819

Albert note1846

cap-paper1854

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Albert1859

columbier1875

Albert notepaper1881

cuatro1904

duchess1923

half-imperial-

1855 Hodson's Booksellers' Directory Advt. Ralph's Sermon Paper.

† sermon-prayer n. Obsolete a prayer said by the preacher before his sermon.

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society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > at sermon

pulpit prayer1619

sermon-prayer1637

long prayer1796

prone1912

1637 C. Dow Answer to H. Burton 161 If Sermon-prayers shall bee used as libels.

† sermon-sick n. Obsolete temporarily ‘upset’ by the hearing of a sermon.

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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [adjective] > of nature of sudden access > suffering on hearing sermon

sermon-sick1607

1607 S. Hieron Three Serm. iii. 81 Many may be said to be sermon-sicke, as there are some said to bee sea-sicke.

sermon-sickness n.

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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penitence > [noun]

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penancy?1567

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metanoia1577

remorsefulnessa1617

synteresy1616

synderesis1639

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remordency1658

sermon-sicknessa1665

contriteness1692

penitentness1727

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > sudden access of > on hearing a sermon

sermon-sicknessa1665

a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) ii. 38 That which some call a Sermon-sickness, when the Conscience of a man is only troubled..with the dreadful concernment of the things he hears.

sermon-week n. Scottish the week passed in preparation for receiving the Sacrament.

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1794 W. Scott Let. Oct.–Nov. (1932) I. 38 This being Sermon week..we are looking very religious & very sour at home.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

sermonv.

Brit.

/ˈsəːmən/, U.S.

/ˈsərmən/

Forms: Also Middle English sarmoni, sermonye, Middle English sarmone, sermone, sermoun, sermun, Middle English sermowne.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman sarmuner = Old French sermouner (modern French sermonner ), < sermon (see sermon n.). In modern use a new formation on sermon n.

rare in modern use.

1. transitive. To preach to (a person). literal and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > preaching > preach [verb (transitive)]

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predicate1822

sermonize1860

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 81 Þis monne me mei sermonen mid godes worde.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 81 Þes ilke Mon is strong to sermonen.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 179 Come sermon me no further.

1863 R. F. Burton Wanderings W. Afr. II. 185 He once..gathered energy to sermon me upon the subject of over-curiosity.

2. intransitive.

†a. To preach (of a thing).

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c1275 Sinners Beware 161 in Old Eng. Misc. 77 Þeos prude leuedies..Nulleþ here sermonye Of none gode þinge.

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 466/158 Crist hire hauede a-boute i-sent to sarmoni and to preche.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1829 (MED) Þai for-soke his sermoning And toke his word al til hething.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21123 [M]atheu, a-postil and wangeliste,..For sarmoning o gods word, Men sais he stiked was wit suord.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19320 ‘Þe men þat yee did in prisun’, He said, ‘in temple þai sermon’.

c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. xxvii. 18 Sermonynge and prechinge maketh men many times leue sinne.

a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden Exam. & Writings J. Philpot (1842) (modernized text) 323 The divelish hypocrisy hath been..vanquished..both by reasoning, sermoning and writing.

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 5 Quaint Sermonings interlin'd with barbarous Latin.

1657 J. Watts Scribe, Pharisee Ep. to Rdr. sig. b2 To break out, unto preaching & sermoning in the pulpits of others.

b. To preach (at a person).

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society > faith > worship > preaching > preach [verb (transitive)]

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1819 J. Keats King Stephen i. iv. 16 I would be..Spoken to in clear, plain, and open terms, Not side-ways sermon'd at.

†3. intransitive. To speak (of a thing). Obsolete.

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the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > speak of or mention

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1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 6955 Seynt Ihon to Troyle bygan to sermun with ensamples of gode resun.

c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 551 What nedeth it to sermone of it more?

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18666 Wit þam he lenged four[ti] dais, And sermon[d][Gött. sarmoned]..Of heuen blis.

c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. xciii. 109 Whan þe olde hadde þus spoken, and sermowned of hire craft.

c1440 York Myst. xxx. 302 And Þerfore sermones you no more.

1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iv. 16/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I You sermon to vs of a dungeon appointed for offenders and miscredentes.

1606 S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 25 And when Saul came himselfe, hee sermoned in such sort.

†4. transitive. To speak, utter, declare. Obsolete.

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the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)]

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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. viii. 12 And me sermounende manye thingis [L. me sermocinante].

1590 E. Spenser Let. to Sir W. Raleigh in Faerie Queene sig. Pp^v Good discipline deliuered plainly in way of precepts, or sermoned at large.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sermon
释义	sermonn. Brit. /ˈsəːmən/, U.S. /ˈsərmən/ Forms: α. Middle English sermun, Middle English sarmun, Middle English–1500s sarmon, sermoun, Middle English sarmoun(e, sermown(e, Middle English–1500s sermone, Middle English– sermon. β. Middle English–1500s sermond(e, 1500s serment, sarmond, 1600s searmond, 1700s vulgar sarmant. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman sermun = Old French sermon (= Provençal sermo(n, Italian sermone, Spanish sermon, Portuguese sermão), < Latin sermōnem, sermo talk, discourse, speech. †1. a. Something that is said; talk, discourse. Obsolete. to make sermon: to speak. to make (a) long sermon: to speak at great length. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [noun] speechc725 spellc888 tonguec897 spellingc1000 wordOE mathelingOE redec1275 sermonc1275 leeda1300 gale13.. speakc1300 speaking1303 ledenc1320 talea1325 parliamentc1325 winda1330 sermoningc1330 saying1340 melinga1375 talkingc1386 wordc1390 prolationa1393 carpinga1400 eloquencec1400 utteringc1400 language?c1450 reporturec1475 parleyc1490 locutionc1500 talk1539 discourse1545 report1548 tonguec1550 deliverance1553 oration1555 delivery1577 parling1582 parle1584 conveying1586 passage1598 perlocution1599 wording1604 bursta1616 ventilation1615 loquency1623 voicinga1626 verbocination1653 loquence1677 pronunciation1686 loquel1694 jawinga1731 talkee-talkee?1740 vocification1743 talkation1781 voicing1822 utterancy1827 voicing1831 the spoken word1832 outness1851 verbalization1851 voice1855 outgiving1865 stringing1886 praxis1950 c1275 Serving Christ 53 in Old Eng. Misc. 92 Þureh his sely sermun sorewe him wes by-þouht. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 9240 Arme vs swyþe, & go we doun, Wyþoute any more sarmoun! a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13494 Quat sal i sai yow lang sermun? a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13245 To þe Iues..In his louing he made sermon. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1185 If hit be ueray & soth sermoun. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 40 Withoute more sermone, Thei drouhe handes, as weddynge askethe of rihte. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. x. xvii. f. 147/1 Thayr wes na sermone amang thaym how yair army suld be arrayit. 1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. C3^v When any of you come to your confession at Tyborne, what is your last sermon that you make. 1594 2nd Rep. Dr. Faustus xxiii. sig. I3 Desired Don Infeligo with very milde sermon to bee friends with Medesimo again. †b. In particularized use: A speech, discourse; plural in collective sense, words, talk. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [noun] > that which is or can be spoken speechc897 saw9.. speech971 wordOE quideOE wordsOE wordOE thingOE rouna1225 mouthc1225 queatha1250 breathc1300 reasonc1300 speakingsa1325 swarec1325 saying1340 voicec1350 lorea1375 sermonc1385 carpc1400 gear1415 utterancec1454 parol1474 ditty1483 say1571 said1578 dictumc1586 palabra1600 breathing1606 bringinga1616 elocution?1637 rumblea1680 elocutive1821 vocability1841 deliverance1845 deliverment1850 deliverancy1853 verbalization1858 voicing1888 sayable1937 the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech speakingc1275 cry1303 orisona1382 sermonc1385 exhortationc1450 oration?1504 prepositiona1513 declamation1523 concion1541 speak1567 set speech1573 speech1583 hortative1612 allocution1615 public addressa1639 address1643 presentation1714 speechification1809 speechment1826 α. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 2025 What shuld I langer sermone off it make? c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Prol. 87 He..Nolde neuere write in none of his sermons Of swyche vnkynde abomynacions. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22219 Sant Paule þus sais in his sarmuns To þe folk of þe tessaluns. 1447 O. Bokenham Agnes in Lyvys Seyntys 189 The prefect..made hir a sermoun ful of flatery. c1500 W. Kennedy Passion of Christ 1509 Quhilk ar þe sarmonis quhilk ȝe at oþer speir? 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. i. 1 These are the Sermons of Ieremy the sonne of Helchia the prest. β. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxi. 246 It is not nedefull that I sholde make a longe sermonde.1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. v. xi. 186 He ceissit nocht with sic playis, sermondis & exerciciouns..to draw þame.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 11491 He said in his sermond, þat sothely the grekes Were of pepull & pouer plaintius mony. †c. plural. The satires (sermones) of Horace. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > types of satirical poem > the Satires of Horace sermons1540 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. i. sig. Ij As Horace witnesseth in his .ii. boke of sermons, the .iii. Satyre. 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iii. i. sig. B2^v Good Horace..I am for your Odes or your Sermons, or any thing indeede. View more context for this quotation 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 438 Again Horace in his Odes... Likewise in his Sermons. 2. a. A discourse, usually delivered from a pulpit and based upon a text of Scripture, for the purpose of giving religious instruction or exhortation. to preach, †do, †make, †say a sermon. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > parts of service > homily > [noun] lorespellc1000 sermona1200 homilyc1386 collation1417 humble1550 pronea1670 society > faith > worship > preaching > [noun] > instance of lorespellc1000 sermona1200 predicationa1325 preachingc1350 collation1417 preachmentc1460 postils1483 preacha1550 exercise1597 sermocination1645 pronea1670 stick1759 α. a1200 Vices & Virtues 35 He wisseð ðes mannes iðang..oðer ðurh haliȝe writes oðer ðurh hali sermuns. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 232 Wepe we quod þe hali mon in uitas patrum. þoa me hefde longe on him iȝeiet efter sarmun. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 20 Ine þet þou ne hest..y-hyerd his seruise ne y-zed his benes ne yhyerd sermons. c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 81 I have to day been at youre chirche at messe, And seyd a sermoun after my symple wit. a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 1 Here begynnes a Sermon..þe whilke teches how scrifte es to be made. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. i. 81 He herde in a sermone that was prechid that deth spareth none. ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. E He comyth bod[i]ly euery yere in his chirche and doth a sermon. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxi. 38 Sermons are not the onely preaching which doth saue soules. a1686 T. Watson Body Pract. Divinity (1692) 342 Which is worse, to stay from a Sermon, or sleep at a Sermon? 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 269. ¶5 The Sunday before, he had made a most incomparable sermon out of Dr. Barrow. a1831 R. Whately Rhetoric in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) I. 263/1 Sermons not unfrequently prove popular, which consist avowedly and almost exclusively of Exhortation. 1869 M. Arnold Culture & Anarchy 29 A life of jealousy of the Establishment, disputes, tea meetings, openings of chapels, sermons. β. c1500 God spede the Plough 62 Preching dayly Sermondys inough With good Examples full graciously.1564 in Three 15th Cent. Chron. (Camden) 130 Y^e Byshope of London went to the pulpyt and prechyd a sermond.1599 in W. Kelly Notices illustr. Drama (1865) 230 [He] further said the preacher was a Liar, for that, in his sermond, he said [etc.]. b. As an institution connected with a particular church or pulpit or particular season. ΚΠ 1479 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 426 The Maire and Shiref of Bristowe shall..kepe theire Aduent sermondes. 1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 57 Thys yere on sent Martyns day begane the sarmond at the crosse agayne. c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1877) II. 40 Allso this yeare the sermons at Whitsontyde was kept at Pawles Crosse. 1646 W. Prynne Canterburies Doome 378 Concerning the Sermon weekly on Wednesday in Saint James Chappell in Brackley. 1765 S. Foote Commissary i. 2 Never misses the sarmant on Sundays. c. As a written or published work. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > [noun] > instance of > written or published sermon1422 1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. xxxii. 183 I fynde In a Sermonde writte, that an extorcionere is wors than the deuyll. 1547 (title) Certain sermons, or homilies, appoynted by the Kynges Maiestie, to be declared and redde, by all persones. 1657 Crooke's Div. Char. To Rdr. sig. A 2^v Certain select Sermons..licensed by the Vice-chancellor of Oxford, to be printed there. a1721 M. Prior Turtle & Sparrow (1723) 193 And Sermons are less read than Tales. 1862 J. F. Stephen Def. Rowland Williams 150 In Bishop Horsley's Sermons. d. Without article. at, after sermon = at, after church. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church-going > [adverb] at, after sermona1470 a1470 W. Gregory Chron. in Hist. Coll. Citizen London (Camden) 239 Whyle men were at sarmonys the Sonday aftyr noon. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxii. 49 Those places which euery day for the most part are at sermons as the flowing Sea. c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 65 Immediatlie he past to the kirk, and..maid sermon as thoght he had done na sik thing. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1666 (1955) III. 443 After Sermon I waited on my L: A: Bish: of Cant. 1773 A. Grant Let. 5 May in Lett. from Mountains (1806) I. 56 Kilmore, where we heard sermon, is four miles off. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xi. 173 The young Laird of Hazlewood rides hame half the road wi' her after sermon. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 189 To march in procession to Notre-Dame, and hear sermon. e. The discourses of Jesus and the Apostles. Sermon on the Mount, the discourse recorded in Matthew v-vii and introduced by the words ‘he went up into a mountain..and taught them, saying’. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [noun] > discourse sermonc1250 society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [noun] > discourse > Sermon on the Mount Sermon on the Mount1582 c1250 Kent. Serm. in Old Eng. Misc. 31 He hedde i-yne þo newe laghe in one montayne and hedde i-maked þet formeste sarmun þet euerte made in erþe. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 138 Oure lord ate biginnynge of his uayre sermon zayþ þet yblyssed byeþ þe poure. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 82 Quhen he prechit the sueit sermond to thaym apone the montane. c1535 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1901) I. 13 The serment of Petir befor the congregratioun at Jerusalem. 1582 in Bible (Rheims) Matt. v. (margin) The sermon of Christ vpon the Mount. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxii. 45 Hearers of the Apostles Sermons. 1645 H. Hammond Of Conscience (new ed.) §26 Christs improvements of the Law in the Sermon on the Mount. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost xii. 339 The Sermon on the Mount is the law of perfection given to the Christian people of the world. 1897 Church Times 20 Aug. 186/4 In spite of the Sermon on the Mount, men expect a deanery or a comfortable competency to be the sequel to a life of work for God. 3. transferred and figurative. a. A discourse (spoken or written) on a serious subject, containing instruction or exhortation. Also contemptuously, a long or tedious discourse or harangue. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a discourse or lecture spellc888 predicationa1325 lessonc1330 collation1417 sermocination1514 discourse1533 lecture1536 descant1567 peroration1607 homilya1616 sermona1616 exercitation1632 transcursion1641 exhortatory1656 by-discourse1660 screed1748 purlicue1825 rhesis1840 talk1859 lecturette1867 chalk talk1881 pi-jaw1896 society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [noun] > instructive discourse lorespellc1000 preachmentc1330 preacha1550 sermona1616 protreptic1656 a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 169 Making a sermon of continencie to her. View more context for this quotation 1786 R. Burns Poems 176 Perhaps it may turn out a Sang; Perhaps, turn out a Sermon. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. (title) The Statesman's Manual..: A Lay Sermon, addressed to the higher classes of society. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond xii And now let's go to business, gentlemen, and excuse this sermon. 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood vii. 42 I will not repay your confidence with a sermon. 1872 C. S. Calverley Fly Leaves 62 They do not make their woes the text Of sermons in the Times. b. Something that affords instruction or example. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [noun] > parable or exemplum forbysenc1175 likenessc1175 sermona1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. i. 17 Bookes in the running brookes, Sermons in stones. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden Char. Good Parson in Fables 534 His Preaching much, but more his Practice wrought; (A living Sermon of the Truths he taught). Compounds C1. General attributive. a. sermon book n. ΚΠ 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. 9 He might meet in any sermon-book, with abundant field to forage in. sermon-head n. ΚΠ 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Mark i. 15) These were foure of our Saviours Sermon-heads. sermon note n. ΚΠ 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 269 He..had..taken Sermon notes by his most dextrous and incomparable faculty in short-writing. sermon-pamphlet n. ΚΠ 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 69 Latin Sermon-Pamphlets. sermon-style n. ΚΠ 1702 in T. Brown Commendatory Verses 8 Let 'em by N——'s Sermon-stile refine Their English Prose. sermon-time n. ΚΠ 1534 Chron. in Songs, Carols, etc. (E.E.T.S.) 163 & þer stod on a skaffold, all þe sermond tyme, þe holy maid of Kent. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xii. 265 A Set of wicked Wretches, who were at play in Sermon-time . View more context for this quotation 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) ix. 75 He always took his nap during sermon-time. † sermon while n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. 546 On which date in the Sermon while. b. Objective. sermon-actor n. ΚΠ 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 46 The finicall goosery of your neat Sermon-actor. sermon-borrower n. ΚΠ 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iv. 106 Which the Sermon Borrower complained of to the Lender of it. View more context for this quotation sermon-hunter n. ΚΠ 1886 H. F. Lester Under Two Fig Trees 186 The fashionable Sermon-hunters. sermon-hunting n. ΚΠ a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 154 Psalm-singing, sermon-hunting, ejaculating. sermon-maker n. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Sermon maker, concionator. 1850 Thomson Owen's Wks. I. Life p. cvi No one..will refuse to him the praise of a great sermon-maker. sermon-monger n. ΚΠ 1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 231 These modern orthodox-juglers and sermon-mongers. ?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. ii. 22 I have found more Honesty [amongst the naked Indians in America],..in one Day, than amongst those Sermon-mongers in a Year. sermon-slighter n. ΚΠ 1646 J. Saltmarsh Groanes for Liberty 29 That the Parliament are Sermon sleighters. sermon-taster n. ΚΠ 1709 Female Tatler No. 7/3 A Sett o' Gentlemen..that are call'd Sermon-Tasters, they peep in at twenty different Churches in a Service. sermon-writer n. ΚΠ 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings (1790) I. xxxviii. 329 The quaintness of the old sermon writers. c. Adverbial. sermon-goer n. ΚΠ 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 578 Hypocrites, dissemblers, holy brethren, sermon-goers, Puritans. sermon-proof adj. ΚΠ a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 219 It is a fearfull obduration, to be Sermon-proofe. 1769 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) III. 367 I am afraid many of them are sermon-proof. sermon-shaken adj. ΚΠ a1656 R. Vines Treat. Lords-supper (1657) 364 Sometimes a man is Sermon-shaken, and his heart begins to tremble. † sermon-trodden adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xiii. 19) People are now so Sermon-trodden..that their hearts..grow hard by the Word. sermon-wise adv. ΚΠ 1646 W. Prynne Canterburies Doome 378 That it was a Catechizing Sermon-wise, and as bad as preaching. 1796 C. Smith Marchmont IV. 423 The first head of his argument, which he divided sermon-wise. C2. sermon-bell n. a bell rung to give notice of a sermon. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > parts of service > homily > [noun] > bell indicating sermon-bell1646 society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > bell > [noun] > to give notice of sermon sermon-bell1646 1646 J. Trapp Brief Comm. John i. 41 Do the office of the sermon-bell at least, we know not what God may there do for them. 1687 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 255 They shall..ring the great bell for the Searmond bell. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 57 Of them not one Shall court our view, on the sepulchral stone;..Or keep the Sexton from the sermon-bell. sermon case n. a cover for the protection of a sermon in manuscript. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun] > cover > binder for unbound periodicals, etc. case1750 binder1837 self-binder1838 sermon case1853 bookcase1885 ring binder1906 1853 Hodson's Booksellers' Directory Advt. Sermon Cases, Black Roan, 2s. sermon class n. a class for instruction in preaching sermons. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > [noun] > class for instruction in sermon class1847 1847 Carus Life C. Simeon iv. 62 He would..encourage the least hopeful of his sermon-class by telling them, that with his example before them none need despair. sermon paper n. writing paper of foolscap 4to size. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > paper of specific size paper royal1497 paper rial1501 sheet1510 demy1546 imperial1572 pot1579 lily-pot1593 grape1611 cap1620 crown paper1620 post1648 foolscap1660 bastard1711 copy1712 crown1712 Kentish cap1766 vessel of paper1790 antiquarian1815 quartern1819 quatrain1819 Albert note1846 cap-paper1854 sermon paper1855 Albert1859 columbier1875 Albert notepaper1881 cuatro1904 duchess1923 half-imperial- 1855 Hodson's Booksellers' Directory Advt. Ralph's Sermon Paper. † sermon-prayer n. Obsolete a prayer said by the preacher before his sermon. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > at sermon pulpit prayer1619 sermon-prayer1637 long prayer1796 prone1912 1637 C. Dow Answer to H. Burton 161 If Sermon-prayers shall bee used as libels. † sermon-sick n. Obsolete temporarily ‘upset’ by the hearing of a sermon. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [adjective] > of nature of sudden access > suffering on hearing sermon sermon-sick1607 1607 S. Hieron Three Serm. iii. 81 Many may be said to be sermon-sicke, as there are some said to bee sea-sicke. sermon-sickness n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penitence > [noun] reusingeOE deedbotec1000 sin-bootc1175 penitencea1200 repentancec1300 penancea1325 compunctiona1340 repentingc1350 contritionc1386 repentaillec1390 remorse of conscience (also mind)c1410 penitencya1500 penitudea1538 penancy?1567 repent1573 metanoia1577 remorsefulnessa1617 synteresy1616 synderesis1639 synteresis1650 remordency1658 sermon-sicknessa1665 contriteness1692 penitentness1727 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [noun] > sudden access of > on hearing a sermon sermon-sicknessa1665 a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) ii. 38 That which some call a Sermon-sickness, when the Conscience of a man is only troubled..with the dreadful concernment of the things he hears. sermon-week n. Scottish the week passed in preparation for receiving the Sacrament. ΚΠ 1794 W. Scott Let. Oct.–Nov. (1932) I. 38 This being Sermon week..we are looking very religious & very sour at home. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sermonv. Brit. /ˈsəːmən/, U.S. /ˈsərmən/ Forms: Also Middle English sarmoni, sermonye, Middle English sarmone, sermone, sermoun, sermun, Middle English sermowne. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman sarmuner = Old French sermouner (modern French sermonner ), < sermon (see sermon n.). In modern use a new formation on sermon n. rare in modern use. 1. transitive. To preach to (a person). literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > preach [verb (transitive)] bodea1000 sermonc1175 spellc1175 preacha1300 sermon1819 predicate1822 sermonize1860 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 81 Þis monne me mei sermonen mid godes worde. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 81 Þes ilke Mon is strong to sermonen. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 179 Come sermon me no further. View more context for this quotation 1863 R. F. Burton Wanderings W. Afr. II. 185 He once..gathered energy to sermon me upon the subject of over-curiosity. 2. intransitive. †a. To preach (of a thing). ΚΠ c1275 Sinners Beware 161 in Old Eng. Misc. 77 Þeos prude leuedies..Nulleþ here sermonye Of none gode þinge. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 466/158 Crist hire hauede a-boute i-sent to sarmoni and to preche. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1829 (MED) Þai for-soke his sermoning And toke his word al til hething. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21123 [M]atheu, a-postil and wangeliste,..For sarmoning o gods word, Men sais he stiked was wit suord. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19320 ‘Þe men þat yee did in prisun’, He said, ‘in temple þai sermon’. c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. xxvii. 18 Sermonynge and prechinge maketh men many times leue sinne. a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden Exam. & Writings J. Philpot (1842) (modernized text) 323 The divelish hypocrisy hath been..vanquished..both by reasoning, sermoning and writing. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 5 Quaint Sermonings interlin'd with barbarous Latin. 1657 J. Watts Scribe, Pharisee Ep. to Rdr. sig. b2 To break out, unto preaching & sermoning in the pulpits of others. b. To preach (at a person). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > preach [verb (transitive)] bodea1000 sermonc1175 spellc1175 preacha1300 sermon1819 predicate1822 sermonize1860 society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > instil ideas [verb (transitive)] > preach to or at preachc1300 sermonize1802 bepreach1812 sermon1819 1819 J. Keats King Stephen i. iv. 16 I would be..Spoken to in clear, plain, and open terms, Not side-ways sermon'd at. †3. intransitive. To speak (of a thing). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > speak of or mention sayOE showa1200 monec1225 roundc1275 specifya1300 sermon1303 nevenc1330 readc1330 reckonc1390 to make meaninga1400 rehearsec1405 express1430 remember1531 mention1559 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 6955 Seynt Ihon to Troyle bygan to sermun with ensamples of gode resun. c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 551 What nedeth it to sermone of it more? a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18666 Wit þam he lenged four[ti] dais, And sermon[d][Gött. sarmoned]..Of heuen blis. c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. xciii. 109 Whan þe olde hadde þus spoken, and sermowned of hire craft. c1440 York Myst. xxx. 302 And Þerfore sermones you no more. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iv. 16/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I You sermon to vs of a dungeon appointed for offenders and miscredentes. 1606 S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 25 And when Saul came himselfe, hee sermoned in such sort. †4. transitive. To speak, utter, declare. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] speakc825 queatheOE forthdoc900 i-seggenc900 sayeOE speak971 meleOE quidOE spella1000 forthbringc1000 givec1175 warpa1225 mootc1225 i-schirea1250 upbringa1250 outsay?c1250 spilec1275 talec1275 wisea1300 crackc1315 nevena1325 cast1330 rehearsec1330 roundc1330 spend1362 carpa1375 sermona1382 to speak outc1384 usea1387 minc1390 pronouncea1393 lancec1400 mellc1400 nurnc1400 slingc1400 tellc1400 wordc1400 yelpc1400 worka1425 utterc1444 outspeakc1449 yielda1450 arecchec1460 roose?a1475 cutc1525 to come forth with1532 bubble1536 prolate1542 report1548 prolocute1570 bespeak1579 wield1581 upbraid1587 up with (also mid) ——1594 name1595 upbrayc1600 discoursea1616 tonguea1616 to bring out1665 voice1665 emit1753 lip1789 to out with1802 pitch1811 go1836 to open one's head1843 vocabulize1861 shoot1915 verbal1920 be1982 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. viii. 12 And me sermounende manye thingis [L. me sermocinante]. 1590 E. Spenser Let. to Sir W. Raleigh in Faerie Queene sig. Pp^v Good discipline deliuered plainly in way of precepts, or sermoned at large. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1200v.c1175
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