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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
Dylan rejects Seeger’s sermon, takes the stage, and blasts the old folk establishment with his electric Stratocaster.
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Nina Silber / Made By History, TIME, 25 Dec. 2024
Next to the altar where Isaac delivers sermons is an unusual Nativity scene: For the second Christmas in a row, the baby Jesus is wrapped in a keffiyeh, the traditional Palestinian scarf, and nestled on a pile of rubble.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
Are there responsibilities that should be left to humans—including writing sermons, interpreting texts, and generating Bible discussion questions?
—Longreads, 20 Dec. 2024
Getty One week after suffering a medical emergency during a sermon, Bishop T.D. Jakes offered an update on his health in a video message to church members.
—Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Nina Silber / Made By History, TIME, 25 Dec. 2024
Next to the altar where Isaac delivers sermons is an unusual Nativity scene: For the second Christmas in a row, the baby Jesus is wrapped in a keffiyeh, the traditional Palestinian scarf, and nestled on a pile of rubble.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
Are there responsibilities that should be left to humans—including writing sermons, interpreting texts, and generating Bible discussion questions?
—Longreads, 20 Dec. 2024
Getty One week after suffering a medical emergency during a sermon, Bishop T.D. Jakes offered an update on his health in a video message to church members.
—Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sermon
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Are there any specific lessons that Sanford learned from those past merger attempts that fell through that informed your conversations or process with Marshfield this time around?Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Parents have the right to opt their children out of these family life and human sexuality lessons.Patrick Hauf, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2025
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The yield on the two-year Treasury, which tends to closely track expectations for Fed action, fell immediately after Waller’s speech and the release of a couple of economic reports.Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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President Biden postponed a speech in Joshua Tree due to the intense conditions.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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His discipline quickly reasserted itself, and with it his store of homilies.Peter Goldman, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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When lodging is granted, festivities ensue with prayers, scripture readings and a brief homily about Jesus’ birth.Kamren Curiel, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Central Florida Stamp Club: Meetings include auctions and informative lectures.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2025
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His campaigning—in the form of lectures and articles—did not qualify him as an author.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Sermon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sermon. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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