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Sermon - What does it mean?

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sermon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.
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  • A lengthy speech of reproval.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (poetic, obsolete) To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.
  • (Spenser)
  • (poetic, obsolete) To tutor; to lecture.
  • * 1607 , , II. ii. 177:
  • Come, sermon me no further.
    (Webster 1913)

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