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
Pastor Turner’s Sunday (October 12) sermon centered on seeing the divine in the most improbable and unlikely relationships—a message that resonated amid the city’s tense atmosphere.
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Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Zion Church, with about 5,000 regular worshipers across nearly 50 cities, rapidly added members during the Covid-19 pandemic through Zoom sermons and small in-person gatherings, Long said.
—Reuters, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Movies about these topics often get stuck in circular arguments and sermons to the choir.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
Brown scrapped his sermon for Sunday morning’s service soon after the explosion.
—Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025
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Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Zion Church, with about 5,000 regular worshipers across nearly 50 cities, rapidly added members during the Covid-19 pandemic through Zoom sermons and small in-person gatherings, Long said.
—Reuters, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Movies about these topics often get stuck in circular arguments and sermons to the choir.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
Brown scrapped his sermon for Sunday morning’s service soon after the explosion.
—Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sermon
Noun
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But the Tank for Tua era should have taught us a valuable lesson about team building.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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Currently, Miller is on week two of his Spanish journey and still figuring out his routine while balancing work, language lessons and content creation.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Reagan’s speech is included in millions of administration records governed by the Presidential Record Act signed in 1981 by his predecessor, President Jimmy Carter.—
Bill Barrow,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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However, the ad selects and splices certain lines from the five-minute address rather than playing the remarks in the order they were delivered or reproducing the speech in its entirety.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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No lectures, no homilies, no empty words.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Pope Leo also called on Acutis’s legacy in a homily at the Jubilee of Young People this summer.—
Kate Cray,
The Atlantic,
6 Sep. 2025
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The festival also aims to raise awareness about climate change through a lecture series and activist events.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Climate Café lecture series is a free public program designed to share cutting-edge science with the South Florida community.—
Diana Udel,
Miami Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Sermon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sermon. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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