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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Continue reading … BULLY PULPIT – Virginia church leader calls Charlie Kirk 'weapon of the enemy' in sermon.
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FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
In a category that often prescribes lifestyles, DUER resists the sermon.
—Simon Mainwaring, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Kyle Reynolds, pastor at Kenwood Baptist Church, and Cory Bowman, a Cincinnati mayoral candidate and Vice President JD Vance's half-brother, called for unity in sermons to the crowd.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2025
Pushback While the White evangelical leaders with whom Kirk built relationships used their Sunday sermons to eulogize him and galvanize a fight for conservative causes, several pastors at Black churches pushed back.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
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FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
In a category that often prescribes lifestyles, DUER resists the sermon.
—Simon Mainwaring, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Kyle Reynolds, pastor at Kenwood Baptist Church, and Cory Bowman, a Cincinnati mayoral candidate and Vice President JD Vance's half-brother, called for unity in sermons to the crowd.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2025
Pushback While the White evangelical leaders with whom Kirk built relationships used their Sunday sermons to eulogize him and galvanize a fight for conservative causes, several pastors at Black churches pushed back.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sermon
Noun
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Advertisement Lessons learned Along the way, Koh admits she’s made mistakes and learned some hard lessons.—
Alice Park,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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Army leaders say the Switchblade is one of several technologies being folded into armored units as the service adapts lessons from Ukraine and other conflicts, where drones have played an outsized role.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The assailant stopped mid-speech and delivered two blows straight to Antao’s face.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Youngkin didn’t mention the upcoming Virginia election in his close-to-hour-long speech.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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No lectures, no homilies, no empty words.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Gomez addressed the burden of fear and anxiety caused by immigration enforcement during the homily.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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Goodall’s speaking tours brought her to Miami on many occasions, including an April 2023 lecture at Florida International University’s Ocean Bank Convocation Center and, a decade earlier, to the University of Miami’s BankUnited Center (now Watsco Center) in April 2013.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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This essay was adapted from the Christ Church, Oxford 500th anniversary lecture.—
Richard Stengel,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Sermon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sermon. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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