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sermon
1. A talk on a religious or moral subject given by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
2. A long and tedious talk; especially, one telling someone how or how not to behave.
3. An often lengthy and tedious speech of reproof or exhortation.
4. Etymology: from Anglo-French sermun, Old French sermon, from Latin sermonem and sermo, "discourse, speech, talk"; originally, "a stringing together of words"; related to serere, "to join".
2. A long and tedious talk; especially, one telling someone how or how not to behave.
3. An often lengthy and tedious speech of reproof or exhortation.
4. Etymology: from Anglo-French sermun, Old French sermon, from Latin sermonem and sermo, "discourse, speech, talk"; originally, "a stringing together of words"; related to serere, "to join".
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Sermon on the Mount
A discourse delivered by Jesus to the disciples and others, containing the Beatitudes and important fundamentals of Christian teaching. Matt. 5–7; Luke 6:20–49.
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