Home > Synonyms > Synonyms for sermon

Synonyms for sermon

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sur-muhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɜr mən

Top 10 synonyms for sermon
Other synonyms for the word sermon

Définition of sermon

Origin :
  • c.1200, sarmun, "a discourse upon a text of scripture; what is preached," from Anglo-French sermun, Old French sermon "speech, words, discourse; church sermon, homily" (10c.), from Latin sermonem (nominative sermo) "continued speech, conversation; common talk, rumor; learned talk, discourse; manner of speaking, literary style," originally "a stringing together of words," from PIE *ser-mo-, suffixed form of root *ser- (3) "to line up, join" (see series).
  • Main modern sense in English and French is elliptical for Latin sermo religiosus. In transferred (non-religious) use from 1590s. The Sermon on the Mount is in 5,6,7 Matt. and 6 Luke. Related: Sermonic; sermonical; sermonish.
  • noun instructive speech with a moral
Example sentences :
  • Still I had not absolutely forgotten the sermon, nor all my good resolutions.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Such is the substitute which he offers us for the Sermon on the Mount.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • The golden rule of the Sermon on the Mount is not applied to them.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Then they went through the service together, from hymn and prayer to the sermon.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • Only this very morning I read her a sermon upon 'Propriety, and the fitness of things.'
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • It is that of the religious newspaper which reported the sermon.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • He walks on, thinking of the scene he had left, and the sermon he had heard.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • Even Tom, with all his staring, knew as little about the sermon as any of us.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • I heard the other morning a sermon by a distinguished preacher upon "Rest."
  • Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond
  • The Sermon on the Mount promises the kingdom to the poor and them that mourn.
  • Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019