A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer.
Use in sentences of SERMON
Meaning of SERMON in English
A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer.
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.
Hence, a serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or duty; an exhortation or reproof; a homily; -- often in a depreciatory sense.
To speak; to discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon.