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Added 9 October 2026

sermon

/ˈsɜː.mən/ noun

Latin root: sermō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about sermon at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

An address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service).
A moralistic rebuke.
your preaching is wasted on him

Origin

From Middle English sermoun, from Anglo-Norman sermun and/or Old French sermon, from Latin sermō, sermōnem, from Proto-Indo-European *sermō, from *ser- (“to bind”) + *-mō. Displaced native Old English wordpredicung, literally word + preaching.

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