Word Meaning

sermon definition and meaning

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.

Crossword clues for sermon

- Church talk
- Homily
- Long moralising speech
- Monologue
- Preachers lecture
- preaching like aesop
- Religious lecturer