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Sermon \Ser"mon\, n. [OE. sermoun, sermun, F. sermon, fr. L.
sermo, -onis, a speaking, discourse, probably fr. serer,
sertum, to join, connect; hence, a connected speech. See
{Series}.]
1. A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons
of Chaucer. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. Specifically, a discourse delivered in public, usually by
a clergyman, for the purpose of religious instruction and
grounded on some text or passage of Scripture.
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This our life exempt from public haunts
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones and good in everything. --Shak.
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His preaching much, but more his practice, wrought,
A living sermon of the truths he taught. --Dryden.
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3. Hence, a serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or
duty; an exhortation or reproof; a homily; -- often in a
depreciatory sense.
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Sermon \Ser"mon\, v. i. [Cf. OF. sermoner, F. sermonner to
lecture one.]
To speak; to discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon.
[Obs.] --Holinshed.
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What needeth it to sermon of it more? --Chaucer.
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Sermon \Ser"mon\, v. t.
1. To discourse to or of, as in a sermon. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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2. To tutor; to lecture. [Poetic] --Shak.
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