sermon
sermon Lexical Profile
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• noun
A talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible.
"The minister delivered an inspiring sermon about compassion and forgiveness to the Sunday congregation."
A long or tedious piece of admonition or reproof on someone's behavior or duty; a moralizing lecture.
"When he arrived home past midnight, his parents gave him a stern sermon on responsibility."
• verb
To compose or deliver a religious discourse, or to lecture someone at length in a moralizing manner.
"He often sermoned his younger siblings about the importance of saving money."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 12th century from Old French sermon, from Latin sermo ('speech, conversation, discourse'), likely derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ser- ('to line up, join'), suggesting a series of connected words.