Sermon

Definitions

1. Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.
2. A lengthy speech of reproval.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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