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sermon

ser·mon

UK/ˈsɜː.mən/ US/ˈsɝ.mən/ fairly common

noun

1.

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

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2.

a moralistic rebuke

  • “your preaching is wasted on him”
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Origin

From Middle English sermoun, from Anglo-Norman sermun and/or Old French sermon, from Latin sermō, sermōnem, from Proto-Indo-European *sermō, from *ser- (“to bind”) + *-mō. Displaced native Old English wordpredicung, literally word + preaching.

Phrases

  • action sermon
  • hedge sermon

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