sermons
sermons is the plural of sermon.
Meaning of sermon
Noun
sermon (plural sermons)
- Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.
- One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- A lengthy speech of reproval.
- Synonyms:
- browbeating, dressing down, lecture, berating, chiding, chockling, correption, dirdum, down the banks, going over
Proper noun capitalized: Sermons
Sermons (plural Sermonses)
- A surname.
Forms of sermons
| plural | Sermonses |
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Origin of sermons
Variant of Sermon.
Phrases with sermons
Questions about sermons
- What does sermons mean?
- Sermons means a surname.
- What is sermons the plural of?
- Sermons is the plural of sermon.
- What part of speech is sermons?
- Sermons is a proper noun.
Words near sermons in the dictionary
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