Sermon

·vt To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.

II. Sermon ·vt To Tutor; to Lecture.

III. Sermon ·noun A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer.

IV. Sermon ·vi To Speak; to Discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon.

V. Sermon ·noun Hence, a serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or duty; an exhortation or reproof; a homily;

— often in a depreciatory sense.

VI. Sermon ·noun Specifically, a discourse delivered in public, usually by a clergyman, for the purpose of religious instruction and grounded on some text or passage of Scripture.