Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Sermon
sermon, n. [AFr < L. 'talk, discourse, speech'.]
- Discourse; homily; exhortation; preaching; religious instruction based upon a passage of scripture; speech that a pastor delivers from a church pulpit.
- Message; [fig.] ode; song; psalmody; poetry; lyric verse.
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