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sermon en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɜː.mən/ (UK)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈsɝ.mən/ (US)

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. Displaced native Old English wordpredicung, literally word + preaching.

Meanings

  1. Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.
    • One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
  2. A lengthy speech of reproval.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sarmon alternative, dialectal lexicographic
sermons Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

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

Synonyms

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

Translations (161)

sh prȍpovēd (religious discourse) · eo prediko (religious discourse) · lv sprediķis (religious discourse) · ru про́поведь (speech of reproval) · es sermón (religious discourse) · tr hutbe (religious discourse) · pdt Prädicht (religious discourse) · mr प्रवचन (religious discourse) · nl preek (speech of reproval) · eo admono (speech of reproval) · th เทศน์ (religious discourse) · es plática (religious discourse) · fr sermon (religious discourse) · cy pregeth (religious discourse) · sh prȍpovijēd (religious discourse) · sv predikan (religious discourse) · cu проповѣдь (religious discourse) · be ка́зань (religious discourse) · ps وعظ (religious discourse) · fr prêche (speech of reproval) · io prediko (religious discourse) · id khotbah (religious discourse) · vi thuyết giáo (religious discourse) · ru про́поведь (religious discourse) · sv förmaning (speech of reproval) · mk беседа (religious discourse) · ms khutbah (religious discourse) · wa pretchaedje (religious discourse) · it sermone (religious discourse) · el κήρυγμα (religious discourse) · mk про́повед (religious discourse) · et jutlus (religious discourse) · bg про́повед (religious discourse) · sh про̏повије̄д (religious discourse) · ar مَوْعِظَة (religious discourse) · cmn 講道 /讲道 (religious discourse) · cmn 布道 (religious discourse) · hi उपदेश (religious discourse) · ba хөтбә (religious discourse) · kmr xutbe (religious discourse) · ro predică (religious discourse) · sv betraktelse (religious discourse) · tr nutuk (speech of reproval) · ky үгүт (religious discourse) · kmr weiz (religious discourse) · sq predikim (religious discourse) · it predica (speech of reproval) · pt sermão (speech of reproval) · az xütbə (religious discourse) · sk kázeň (religious discourse) · fa خطابه (religious discourse) · ota وعظ (religious discourse) · sh про̏пове̄д (religious discourse) · ro cazanie (religious discourse) · id sermon (religious discourse) · rsk казань (religious discourse) · gu ખુતબો (religious discourse) · ms khotbah (religious discourse) · ca sermó (religious discourse) · sw hotuba (religious discourse) · fi saarna (speech of reproval) · sv moralpredikan (speech of reproval) · bn ওয়াজ (religious discourse) · de Strafpredigt (speech of reproval) · ug خۇتبە (religious discourse) · gu પ્રવચન (religious discourse) · tt хөтбә (religious discourse) · wa siermon (religious discourse) · kix āchìm (religious discourse) · lo ເທສະນາ (religious discourse) · wa siermon (speech of reproval) · de Predigt (religious discourse) · sv straffpredikan (speech of reproval) · ro predică (speech of reproval) · ru поуче́ние (speech of reproval) · fa موعظه (religious discourse) · tr vaaz (religious discourse) · ab а́ларҵәара (speech of reproval) · ps موعظه (religious discourse) · kk уағыз (religious discourse) · az vəz (religious discourse) · lo ເທດ (religious discourse) · gu ભાષણ (religious discourse) · el επίπληξη (speech of reproval) · nb preken (religious discourse) · hy քարոզ (speech of reproval) · bn খুতবা (religious discourse) · uz xutba (religious discourse) · fi saarna (religious discourse) · cmn 說教 /说教 (religious discourse) · ar وَعْظ (religious discourse) · nl preek (religious discourse) · mi kauwhau (religious discourse) · ru нравоуче́ние (speech of reproval) · hu prédikáció (religious discourse) · he דְּרָשָׁה (religious discourse) · ca sermó (speech of reproval) · ug نەسىھەت (religious discourse) · ps خطبه (religious discourse) · lt pamokslas (religious discourse) · ga seanmóir (religious discourse) · fr prêche (religious discourse) · it sermone (speech of reproval) · ro propovedanie (religious discourse) · sga precept (religious discourse) · be каза́нне (religious discourse) · mk сло́во (religious discourse) · da prædiken (religious discourse) · ko 설교 (religious discourse) · ur خطبہ (religious discourse) · fr sermon (speech of reproval) · ha huɗuba (religious discourse) · he הַטָּפָה (religious discourse) · it predica (religious discourse) · th เทศนา (religious discourse) · pl kazanie (religious discourse) · uk каза́ння (religious discourse) · uk про́повідь (religious discourse) · pt sermão (religious discourse) · tg хутба (religious discourse) · kw pregoth (religious discourse) · ar خُطْبَة (religious discourse) · fa خطبه (religious discourse) · cmn 說教 /说教 (speech of reproval) · wa pretchmint (religious discourse) · sl pridiga (religious discourse) · tg ваъз (religious discourse) · nn preike (religious discourse) · grc κήρυγμα (religious discourse) · tk wagyz (religious discourse) · ka ქადაგება (religious discourse) · it arringa (speech of reproval) · gd searmon (religious discourse) · uz vaʼz (religious discourse) · ab а́бжьагажәа (religious discourse) · tg мавъиза (religious discourse) · tr vaaz (speech of reproval) · gl sermón (speech of reproval) · sk kázanie (religious discourse) · es prédica (religious discourse) · grc ἐπίπληξις (speech of reproval) · es sermón (speech of reproval) · ru нота́ция (speech of reproval) · cs kázání (religious discourse) · ky кутпа (religious discourse) · sw mahubiri (religious discourse) · hi प्रवचन (religious discourse) · hu szentbeszéd (religious discourse) · ja 説教 (religious discourse) · km ទេសនា (religious discourse) · de Moralpredigt (speech of reproval) · fa وعظ (religious discourse) · gl sermón (religious discourse) · gv sharmane (religious discourse) · de Predigt (speech of reproval) · hy քարոզ (religious discourse) · ur وعظ (religious discourse) · be про́паведзь (religious discourse) · nl donderpreek (speech of reproval) · is predikun (religious discourse) · pl kazanie (speech of reproval)

sermon en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɜː.mən/ (UK)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈsɝ.mən/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English sermonen, from Old French sermoner, from sermon (see above).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, poetic) To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.
    • January 23 1583, Edmund Spenser, letter to Walter Raleigh To some I know this methode will seem displeasaunt, which had rather have good discipline delivered plainly in way of precepts, or sermoned at large, as they use, then thus clowdily enwrapped in allegorical devises
  2. (obsolete, poetic) To tutor; to lecture.
    • Come, sermon me no further. c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], line 177:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sermoned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sermoned Tense=Past lexicographic
sermons Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
sermoning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

sermoning · sermoner