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Definition of Sermon
1. Noun. An address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service).
Category relationships: Church, Church Service
Generic synonyms: Address, Speech
Specialized synonyms: Baccalaureate, Kerugma, Kerygma, Evangelism, Homily, Preachment
Specialized synonyms: Sermon On The Mount
Derivative terms: Preach, Sermonise, Sermonize
2. Noun. A moralistic rebuke. "Your preaching is wasted on him"
Generic synonyms: Lecture, Speech, Talking To
Derivative terms: Preach, Sermonise, Sermonize
Definition of Sermon
1. n. A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer.
2. v. i. To speak; to discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon.
3. v. t. To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.
Definition of Sermon
1. Noun. religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter ¹
2. Noun. a lengthy speech of reproval ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sermon
1. a religious discourse [n -S] : SERMONIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Sermon
1. 1. A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermens of 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. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sermon
Literary usage of Sermon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"Here he began his annual Christmas sermon to the young, a practice he kept up with
... The funeral sermon of Augustus Frederick, duke of Sussex, 1843. 14. ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"A homiletics which admits the means of grace to be real powers of salvation can
not refrain from putting the sermon into the category of effective activity. ..."
3. Utopia by Thomas More (1869)
"... and was angry wyth me for a certayne sermon that I made in thys place, ...
T The second sermon : see p. ..."
4. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1862)
"sermon at the Berkshire Jubilee, 1844. sermon before Massachusetts Convention, 1815.
sermon before the ABCFM, Brooklyn, NY, 1845. ..."
5. Sermons on Various Subjects, Evangelical, Devotional and Practical: Adapted by Joseph Lathrop (1810)
"sermon XV. The Nature, Foundation and Design of the Christian Church. .. sermon XVI.
The Mystery of the Gospel revealed to the Apostles for the general ..."
6. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters (1870)
"It Is well known that he preached the election sermon in 1637. but the sermon
... The name of the preacher of the election sermon in 1638 was not known till ..."
7. Sermons Preached at Brighton by Frederick William Robertson (1899)
"sermon XXV. Preached January 13,1850. REST. will give you rest. Take "my yoke
upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find ..."
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