as in lesson
a public speech usually by a member of the clergy for the purpose of giving moral guidance or uplift
a sermon whose message was that we should love our neighbors as much as we love ourselves
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Recent Examples of sermon
The presiding minister elected not to deliver a funeral sermon; dirt was shoveled on top of the mahogany box only three minutes after the service began.
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Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Adapted from his own novel Cabal, Barker brings so much creativity and personality to this story that could easily have become a more didactic sermon about otherness.
—Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
The moment felt like watching a sermon.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2025
In her 2018 opening sermon as Bishop of London, Mullally told the congregation that 105 years ago, suffragettes tried to detonate a bomb under the seat on which she been enthroned moments earlier.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Adapted from his own novel Cabal, Barker brings so much creativity and personality to this story that could easily have become a more didactic sermon about otherness.
—Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
The moment felt like watching a sermon.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2025
In her 2018 opening sermon as Bishop of London, Mullally told the congregation that 105 years ago, suffragettes tried to detonate a bomb under the seat on which she been enthroned moments earlier.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sermon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sermon
Noun
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Here’s a lesson in how to take a car from badass to bad taste.—
Sean Evans,
Robb Report,
14 Oct. 2025
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The lesson from that day has continued to change.—
Angela Kenzslowe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The neurodegenerative disorder, which causes tremors, affects speech and leads to motor skills, has no cure.—
Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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From this conspiratorialism have flowed years of censorship, data localization, online-speech criminalization, and other digitally repressive actions by the Kremlin.—
Justin Sherman,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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No lectures, no homilies, no empty words.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Gomez addressed the burden of fear and anxiety caused by immigration enforcement during the homily.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Expanding the curriculum Kim opened the second semester with a lecture on shifting global market dynamics, consumer behavior, production diversification, innovation strategy, traceability systems and the tightening environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulatory landscape.—
SJ Studio,
Sourcing Journal,
16 Oct. 2025
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Before the lecture, there will be a community dinner catered by Viewpoint Brewing Co.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Sermon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sermon. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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