Sermon

['sɜːmən] or ['sɝmən]

Definition

(noun.) a moralistic rebuke; 'your preaching is wasted on him'.

(noun.) an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service).

Checked by Dylan--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer.

(n.) 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.

(n.) Hence, a serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or duty; an exhortation or reproof; a homily; -- often in a depreciatory sense.

(v. i.) To speak; to discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon.

(v. t.) To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.

(v. t.) To tutor; to lecture.

Inputed by Andre

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Homily, exhortation, religious discourse.

Editor: Sallust

Definition

n. a discourse on a text of Scripture delivered during divine service: any serious address any serious counsel admonition or reproof.—v.t. to tutor to lecture.—ns. Sermol′ogus a volume containing sermons by the Church fathers; Sermoneer′ a sermoniser; Ser′moner a preacher; Ser′monet a little sermon.—adjs. Sermon′ic -al having the character of a sermon.—n. Ser′moning the act of preaching: a homily.—v.i. Ser′monise to compose or preach sermons: to lecture: to lay down the law.—v.t. to preach a sermon to.—ns. Sermonī′ser one who preaches or writes sermons; Sermō′nium a historical play formerly acted by the inferior orders of the Roman Catholic clergy; Sermun′cle a little sermon.

Checked by Andrew

Examples

Editor: Nolan

About(关于我们)|Sitemap(网站地图)

Copyright © 2018 EnMama.net. All rights reserved.