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Word: Sermon
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘speech, discourse’): from Old French, from Latin sermo(n-) ‘discourse, talk’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈsəːmən
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible
Short Definition:talk on religious or moral subject
Examples:- I preached my first sermon on original sin
Definition:
a long or tedious piece of admonition or reproof; a lecture
Short Definition:long or tedious piece of admonition or reproof
Examples:- he understood that if he said any more he would have to listen to another lengthy sermon
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