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 volunteers then sat in the basement of Marsh Chapel, at Boston University, and listened to a Good Friday sermon piped in from the pulpit above them.
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Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
They were required to work late hours, pray late into the evening and to wake up early to worship during church sermons that went on for hours, prosecutors wrote in the indictment.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
Church leaders have been very cognizant of the separation of church and state, so their sermons don’t outwardly criticize President Donald Trump.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
Barber has previously delivered sermons on the Capitol steps and addressed a Moral Monday gathering at the Supreme Court.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
They were required to work late hours, pray late into the evening and to wake up early to worship during church sermons that went on for hours, prosecutors wrote in the indictment.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
Church leaders have been very cognizant of the separation of church and state, so their sermons don’t outwardly criticize President Donald Trump.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
Barber has previously delivered sermons on the Capitol steps and addressed a Moral Monday gathering at the Supreme Court.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sermon
Noun
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These early lessons about strength and survival may have instilled in him a need to appear invulnerable at all times.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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His recent volume, Flavour, includes vegetable-centric recipes alongside straightforward lessons about the origins of taste—from charring to aging—and how to intuitively marry flavors for spectacular dishes.—
Hayley Maitland,
Vogue,
7 June 2025
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is delivering a speech in Singapore.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2025
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In his speech, Hegseth called out China's ambitions in Latin America, specifically attempts to increase influence over the Panama Canal.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2025
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During the homily at his inaugural Mass at St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo echoed an idea and a particular Bible verse from the document.—
Ruth Graham,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Readings and the gospel will be followed by a homily.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
18 May 2025
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Full sessions from each day will be available on the Weather & Climate Livestream's channel archives while the event lasts, and shorter clips from individual lectures will be made available after June 1.—
Joanna Thompson,
Space.com,
30 May 2025
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Free lectures The Learning is for Everyone, aka LIFE, group at MiraCosta College holds free lectures June 6.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2025
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“Sermon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sermon. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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