Meaning & use

sermon

noun·Academic

A talk on a religious or moral subject, usually delivered by a preacher during a worship service.

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The priest's Sunday sermon focused on forgiveness and second chances for everyone.

Her father's dinner-table sermon about honesty lasted a full ten minutes.

A note on using this word

Sermon can also be used informally and humorously for any long, moralizing lecture given outside a religious setting.

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