sermons

noun

plural of sermon
as in lessons
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 sermons Bakker offered upbeat sermons and Tammy Faye, charismatic and always wearing her trademark heavy mascara, sang. — Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026 The show was based around chats with guests and Christian entertainers, with Bakker offering upbeat sermons and Tammy Faye singing. — Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Bakker offered upbeat sermons and Tammy Faye - charismatic and always wearing her trademark heavy mascara - sang. — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Bakker offered upbeat sermons and Tammy Faye — charismatic and always wearing her trademark heavy mascara — sang. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 The services were led by the Lighthouse Church’s senior pastor, Kevin Tuck, a former chaplain and police officer, who delivered fiery sermons in contemporary clothes. — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026 People of faith often embraced his work, and preachers sometimes cited it in sermons. — Courier Journal Staff, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Sep. 2026 The board brought in Pam Muise, a pastor who knew Miller as a child, to help preach some sermons. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026 The ad splices together quotes from two sermons Hamilton delivered in 2020 about climate change and the mass Black Lives Matter protests after George Floyd's death. — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sermons
  1. lessons
  2. speeches
  3. homilies
  4. talks
Noun
  • But there’s also the potential to keep the stories alive from survivors of conflicts, who would otherwise die and take with them lessons future generations could learn from.
    — Lissa Soep, Vox, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Families spend thousands on travel teams, private lessons and tournaments.
    — Jonathan Alpert OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of lessons
Noun
  • Last month, the Economist used Pangram to analyze parliamentary speeches, finding that 10% of the words spoken in the British Parliament were drafted with AI.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Trump, at this point, was not the rebel candidate who first showed up in Youngstown 10 years ago, with rally speeches about the threat of mass Muslim immigration.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of speeches
Noun
  • Deepening the flavor of place and time, the evening is peppered with Spanish phrases, interjections, exclamations and homilies.
    — Bill Hirschman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Santa Teresa Deacon Steve Herrera in his homilies often mentions farmworkers and the need to integrate the Catholic faith with assisting them.
    — Eliana Aguilar, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Definition of homilies
Noun
  • Trump has since tried to find an off-ramp to the war in Iran, but Israel’s actions made such peace deal talks thorny.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
  • CineGouna Emerge in turn is a strand of El Gouna’s CineGouna industry program alongside the Forum talks lineup, Funding project showcase, Market and new Series focus.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of talks

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“Sermons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sermons. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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