English Explanatory Dictionary

sermon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.
  2. A lengthy speech of reproval.
verb
  1. To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.
  2. To tutor; to lecture.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɜː.mən/ /ˈsɝ.mən/ en-us-sermon.ogg

Word forms

sermon sermons sarmon sermoning sermoned

Etymology

From Middle English sermoun, from Anglo-Norman sermun and/or Old French sermon, from Latin sermō, sermōnem, from Proto-Indo-European *sermō, from *ser- (“to bind”) + *-mō.

Synonyms

browbeating dressing down lecture berating chiding chockling correption dirdum down the banks going over jawing objurgation rixation sermon scolding throughgoing

Derived words

action sermon hedge sermon postsermon presermon sermoneer sermonesque sermonet sermonette sermonic sermonical sermonise sermonish sermonist sermonistic sermonize sermonless sermonlike sermonolatry sermon-proof sermonwise sermoner sermoning
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