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Sermon - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Sermon : (noun)
1: an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a
church service) [syn: discourse, preaching]
2: a moralistic rebuke; "your preaching is wasted on him" [syn:
preaching]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Sermon : \Ser"mon\, n. [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.]
1. A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons
of Chaucer. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. 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.
This our life exempt from public haunts Finds
tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones and good in everything. --Shak.
His preaching much, but more his practice, wrought,
A living sermon of the truths he taught. --Dryden.
3. Hence, a serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or
duty; an exhortation or reproof; a homily; -- often in a
depreciatory sense.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sermon : \Ser"mon\, v. i. [Cf. OF. sermoner, F. sermonner to
lecture one.]
To speak; to discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon.
[Obs.] --Holinshed.
What needeth it to sermon of it more? --Chaucer.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sermon : \Ser"mon\, v. t.
1. To discourse to or of, as in a sermon. [Obs.] --Spenser.
2. To tutor; to lecture. [Poetic] --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Sermon |
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Super_Poser: Just saw Avatar, and as Jesus said after his Sermon on the Mount, "Dudes, the totally freakin' ruled!" |
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craigbeaman: Sermon and PowerPoint are D-U-N done. Thanks @edstetzer for the outline. Off to bed exhausted. Join us tomorrow at Bethel Baptist Church! |
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MissDaniScott: Just heard Prophetess Juanita Bynum's Sermon " No More Sheets" Powerful!! I think every woman should take a listen. |
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