sermon.
Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.
Meaning & usage
Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.
A lengthy speech of reproval.
Where this word comes from
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.
To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.
To tutor; to lecture.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English sermonen, from Old French sermoner, from sermon (see above).
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