Definition of sermon in English:

sermon

noun ˈsəːmənˈsərmən

1A talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible.
I preached my first sermon on original sin
Example sentencesExamples
- She also gives a weekly sermon in the hospice chapel.
- It would surely be progress if significant discourse on tolerance were incorporated into educational curricula, religious sermons, and public speech.
- The other main users seem to be people preparing sermons or Bible studies and those who simply want to read for edification.
- Members particularly like being an intimate part of the children's sermon.
- Whether those attending religious services understand a sermon is evidently unimportant.
- Don't start preaching your Easter sermon too soon!
- And she said that her pastor's sermons had given her a sense of purpose.
- Instead, such preaching avoids real issues, uses outdated or irrelevant materials and doesn't feature God as the sermon's subject.
- Though still a young convert I could not square this teaching with 1 John, the epistle on which the morning sermons were based.
- Has my prayer life improved because writing the weekly sermon has become easier?
- I heard the Sunday sermons not once, but twice; likewise the prayers.
- He came from a Protestant family and, in order to learn German, he attended the local Lutheran church where sermons were preached in that language.
- This perspective has ramifications for the counseling ministry of the church, for sermons and Christian education and for the life of Christians in communities of faith.
- She sat in it, and listened to the middle-aged pastor's sermon.
- In Easter sermons, several Christian bishops made a point of criticising the detention of children.
- Pastors' wives were known to preach sermons and conduct services whenever the pastor was serving another church within his multiple-congregation assignment.
- She was a normal woman, who enjoyed a good church sermon each Sunday morning and Wednesday night.
- The Anglican leaders were preaching Christmas morning sermons to almost capacity congregations.
- But the main feature of the service was the sermon, which generally lasted from three quarters of an hour to an hour.
- If our Sunday sermons were like that, we might fill a few more pews.
Synonyms
homily, address, speech, talk, discourse, oration
lesson
preaching, teaching
rare peroration
2informal A long or tedious piece of admonition or reproof; a lecture.
he understood that if he said any more he would have to listen to another lengthy sermon
Example sentencesExamples
- What's often missing in these tedious sermons is the fun of these ads, the ridiculous enthusiasm and vivacity, and an appreciation for the artistry evident in every ad.
- Criticize the moronic politics and you get a sermon about not reducing works of art to a simplistic set of objective declarations.
- This unpretentious poetess does not go about lecturing or delivering sermons in high places.
- Here's the crazed part: Despite such sober trends, the Times piece quickly turned into a sermon.
- To be sure, Europeans have good reason to be as tired of American economic sermons as we were of Japanese lectures in the 1980s, when the consensus was that Japan had all the answers and we had better listen.
- It may teach people to critically decipher the sermons of the Times columnists who echo the advocates of occupation without an iota of skepticism.
Synonyms
lecture, tirade, harangue, diatribe
speech, disquisition, monologue, declamation, exhortation
reprimand, reproach, reproof, scolding, admonishment, admonition, reproval, remonstration, upbraiding, castigation, lambasting, criticism, censure
informal spiel, telling-off, talking-to, rap over the knuckles, dressing-down, earful, roasting, bawling-out, blast, row
British informal ticking off, carpeting, rollicking, wigging
British vulgar slang bollocking
dated rating

Derivatives

sermonic

adjective

Even Isaiah turns preacher in our text with a sermonic refrain repeated in verses 21 and 28.
Example sentencesExamples
- He illustrates his comments with brief sermonic examples.
- Her voice was sermonic, hoarse from complaint.
- Writing of this flavor is not exegetical or even interpretive, but rather sermonic.
- Besides sermonic techniques, she would have learned what was and was not acceptable as material for her prospective audience and how her strategies might be used to greatest effect.

Origin

Middle English (also in the sense 'speech, discourse'): from Old French, from Latin sermo(n-) 'discourse, talk'.

Rhymes

Burman, firman, German, Herman, Sherman

Definition of sermon in US English:

sermon

nounˈsərmənˈsərmən

1A talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible.
Example sentencesExamples
- And she said that her pastor's sermons had given her a sense of purpose.
- Whether those attending religious services understand a sermon is evidently unimportant.
- He came from a Protestant family and, in order to learn German, he attended the local Lutheran church where sermons were preached in that language.
- Though still a young convert I could not square this teaching with 1 John, the epistle on which the morning sermons were based.
- Instead, such preaching avoids real issues, uses outdated or irrelevant materials and doesn't feature God as the sermon's subject.
- Has my prayer life improved because writing the weekly sermon has become easier?
- She sat in it, and listened to the middle-aged pastor's sermon.
- This perspective has ramifications for the counseling ministry of the church, for sermons and Christian education and for the life of Christians in communities of faith.
- It would surely be progress if significant discourse on tolerance were incorporated into educational curricula, religious sermons, and public speech.
- Members particularly like being an intimate part of the children's sermon.
- She was a normal woman, who enjoyed a good church sermon each Sunday morning and Wednesday night.
- But the main feature of the service was the sermon, which generally lasted from three quarters of an hour to an hour.
- The Anglican leaders were preaching Christmas morning sermons to almost capacity congregations.
- Pastors' wives were known to preach sermons and conduct services whenever the pastor was serving another church within his multiple-congregation assignment.
- The other main users seem to be people preparing sermons or Bible studies and those who simply want to read for edification.
- In Easter sermons, several Christian bishops made a point of criticising the detention of children.
- She also gives a weekly sermon in the hospice chapel.
- I heard the Sunday sermons not once, but twice; likewise the prayers.
- If our Sunday sermons were like that, we might fill a few more pews.
- Don't start preaching your Easter sermon too soon!
Synonyms
homily, address, speech, talk, discourse, oration
1. 1.1informal A long or tedious piece of admonition or reproof; a lecture.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Here's the crazed part: Despite such sober trends, the Times piece quickly turned into a sermon.
  Criticize the moronic politics and you get a sermon about not reducing works of art to a simplistic set of objective declarations.
  To be sure, Europeans have good reason to be as tired of American economic sermons as we were of Japanese lectures in the 1980s, when the consensus was that Japan had all the answers and we had better listen.
  This unpretentious poetess does not go about lecturing or delivering sermons in high places.
  What's often missing in these tedious sermons is the fun of these ads, the ridiculous enthusiasm and vivacity, and an appreciation for the artistry evident in every ad.
  It may teach people to critically decipher the sermons of the Times columnists who echo the advocates of occupation without an iota of skepticism.
  Synonyms
  lecture, tirade, harangue, diatribe

Origin

Middle English (also in the sense ‘speech, discourse’): from Old French, from Latin sermo(n-) ‘discourse, talk’.

单词	sermon
释义	Definition of sermon in English: sermon noun ˈsəːmənˈsərmən 1A talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible. I preached my first sermon on original sin Example sentencesExamples She also gives a weekly sermon in the hospice chapel. It would surely be progress if significant discourse on tolerance were incorporated into educational curricula, religious sermons, and public speech. The other main users seem to be people preparing sermons or Bible studies and those who simply want to read for edification. Members particularly like being an intimate part of the children's sermon. Whether those attending religious services understand a sermon is evidently unimportant. Don't start preaching your Easter sermon too soon! And she said that her pastor's sermons had given her a sense of purpose. Instead, such preaching avoids real issues, uses outdated or irrelevant materials and doesn't feature God as the sermon's subject. Though still a young convert I could not square this teaching with 1 John, the epistle on which the morning sermons were based. Has my prayer life improved because writing the weekly sermon has become easier? I heard the Sunday sermons not once, but twice; likewise the prayers. He came from a Protestant family and, in order to learn German, he attended the local Lutheran church where sermons were preached in that language. This perspective has ramifications for the counseling ministry of the church, for sermons and Christian education and for the life of Christians in communities of faith. She sat in it, and listened to the middle-aged pastor's sermon. In Easter sermons, several Christian bishops made a point of criticising the detention of children. Pastors' wives were known to preach sermons and conduct services whenever the pastor was serving another church within his multiple-congregation assignment. She was a normal woman, who enjoyed a good church sermon each Sunday morning and Wednesday night. The Anglican leaders were preaching Christmas morning sermons to almost capacity congregations. But the main feature of the service was the sermon, which generally lasted from three quarters of an hour to an hour. If our Sunday sermons were like that, we might fill a few more pews. Synonyms homily, address, speech, talk, discourse, oration lesson preaching, teaching rare peroration 2informal A long or tedious piece of admonition or reproof; a lecture. he understood that if he said any more he would have to listen to another lengthy sermon Example sentencesExamples What's often missing in these tedious sermons is the fun of these ads, the ridiculous enthusiasm and vivacity, and an appreciation for the artistry evident in every ad. Criticize the moronic politics and you get a sermon about not reducing works of art to a simplistic set of objective declarations. This unpretentious poetess does not go about lecturing or delivering sermons in high places. Here's the crazed part: Despite such sober trends, the Times piece quickly turned into a sermon. To be sure, Europeans have good reason to be as tired of American economic sermons as we were of Japanese lectures in the 1980s, when the consensus was that Japan had all the answers and we had better listen. It may teach people to critically decipher the sermons of the Times columnists who echo the advocates of occupation without an iota of skepticism. Synonyms lecture, tirade, harangue, diatribe speech, disquisition, monologue, declamation, exhortation reprimand, reproach, reproof, scolding, admonishment, admonition, reproval, remonstration, upbraiding, castigation, lambasting, criticism, censure informal spiel, telling-off, talking-to, rap over the knuckles, dressing-down, earful, roasting, bawling-out, blast, row British informal ticking off, carpeting, rollicking, wigging British vulgar slang bollocking dated rating Derivatives sermonic adjective Even Isaiah turns preacher in our text with a sermonic refrain repeated in verses 21 and 28. Example sentencesExamples He illustrates his comments with brief sermonic examples. Her voice was sermonic, hoarse from complaint. Writing of this flavor is not exegetical or even interpretive, but rather sermonic. Besides sermonic techniques, she would have learned what was and was not acceptable as material for her prospective audience and how her strategies might be used to greatest effect. Origin Middle English (also in the sense 'speech, discourse'): from Old French, from Latin sermo(n-) 'discourse, talk'. Rhymes Burman, firman, German, Herman, Sherman Definition of sermon in US English: sermon nounˈsərmənˈsərmən 1A talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible. Example sentencesExamples And she said that her pastor's sermons had given her a sense of purpose. Whether those attending religious services understand a sermon is evidently unimportant. He came from a Protestant family and, in order to learn German, he attended the local Lutheran church where sermons were preached in that language. Though still a young convert I could not square this teaching with 1 John, the epistle on which the morning sermons were based. Instead, such preaching avoids real issues, uses outdated or irrelevant materials and doesn't feature God as the sermon's subject. Has my prayer life improved because writing the weekly sermon has become easier? She sat in it, and listened to the middle-aged pastor's sermon. This perspective has ramifications for the counseling ministry of the church, for sermons and Christian education and for the life of Christians in communities of faith. It would surely be progress if significant discourse on tolerance were incorporated into educational curricula, religious sermons, and public speech. Members particularly like being an intimate part of the children's sermon. She was a normal woman, who enjoyed a good church sermon each Sunday morning and Wednesday night. But the main feature of the service was the sermon, which generally lasted from three quarters of an hour to an hour. The Anglican leaders were preaching Christmas morning sermons to almost capacity congregations. Pastors' wives were known to preach sermons and conduct services whenever the pastor was serving another church within his multiple-congregation assignment. The other main users seem to be people preparing sermons or Bible studies and those who simply want to read for edification. In Easter sermons, several Christian bishops made a point of criticising the detention of children. She also gives a weekly sermon in the hospice chapel. I heard the Sunday sermons not once, but twice; likewise the prayers. If our Sunday sermons were like that, we might fill a few more pews. Don't start preaching your Easter sermon too soon! Synonyms homily, address, speech, talk, discourse, oration 1.1informal A long or tedious piece of admonition or reproof; a lecture. Example sentencesExamples Here's the crazed part: Despite such sober trends, the Times piece quickly turned into a sermon. Criticize the moronic politics and you get a sermon about not reducing works of art to a simplistic set of objective declarations. To be sure, Europeans have good reason to be as tired of American economic sermons as we were of Japanese lectures in the 1980s, when the consensus was that Japan had all the answers and we had better listen. This unpretentious poetess does not go about lecturing or delivering sermons in high places. What's often missing in these tedious sermons is the fun of these ads, the ridiculous enthusiasm and vivacity, and an appreciation for the artistry evident in every ad. It may teach people to critically decipher the sermons of the Times columnists who echo the advocates of occupation without an iota of skepticism. Synonyms lecture, tirade, harangue, diatribe Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘speech, discourse’): from Old French, from Latin sermo(n-) ‘discourse, talk’.
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