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Definition of Sermonette
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sermonette
Literary usage of Sermonette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Problem of the Pentateuch: A New Solution by Archaeological Methods by Melvin Grove Kyle (1920)
"How delightfully different are some of our great preachers in a sermonette to
the children and in the usual sermon to the congregation which immediately ..."
2. The Pastor Amidst His Flock by Giles Buckingham Willcox (1890)
"Some pastors, after announcing the text, address the children in a "sermonette"
of about eight minutes. This is given extempore. ..."
3. Practical Inter-church Methods by Albert Franklin McGarrah (1919)
"In one case, a " Tiny-Town-News " (4x6), devoted two pages to a sermonette and
religious paragraphs and two pages set in 6 point to inter-church news and ..."
4. The Stenographer (1901)
"... My question constitutes my subject, and each word a sub-division or heading
of my sermonette. I come as a representative of the wild and woolly west. ..."
5. A Country Schoolmaster by James Shaw (1899)
"Anthem or hymn had followed each sermonette until at last the chairman called on
... 'A sermonette on the lines followed by the reverend gentlemen who had ..."
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