Sermon - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsɜːrmən|  American pronunciation of the word sermon
Brit.  |ˈsɜːmən|  British pronunciation of the word sermon

noun

- an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) (syn: discourse, preaching)
- a moralistic rebuke (syn: preaching)

Extra examples

He preached a sermon on the importance of kindness.

Dad gave me a sermon yesterday about doing my homework.

The vicar gave a sermon on charity.

...our minister gives an interesting sermon every week...

...a sermon on the joys and responsibilities of married love...

The priest preached a regular sermon that Sunday.

...in her sermon the minister noted that Jesus had companied with the least privileged and most disadvantaged members of society...

...a sermon against our obsession with earthly pursuits...

...in a fire-and-brimstone sermon, the evangelist warned those assembled that they faced the fires of Gehenna if they failed to repent...

...a sermon about modern society's casual acceptance of or indifference to immorality...

...after the sermon we sang a brief psalm...

...a fiery sermon on the evils of demon rum...

...a sportive pastor who began every sermon with a joke...

The vicar preached a sermon about the prodigal son.

Word forms

noun
singular: sermon
plural: sermons
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