ser´mon|like´

ser´mon|like´
ser|mon «SUR muhn», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a public talk on religion or something connected with religion. Ministers preach sermons in church. »

A sermon requires meditation, leisure, and a certain loneliness (J. W. R. Scott).

2. Figurative. a) a serious talk about morals, conduct, or duty: »

After the guests left, the boy got a sermon on table manners from his father.

b) a long, tiresome speech; harangue.
–v.t.
to preach to; sermonize: »

Black-flagged orators…sermoned me through to guilt and the Irish Trinity (John Ciardi).

╂[< Latin sermō, -ōnis a talk; (originally) a stringing together of words, perhaps < serere join]
–ser´mon|like´, adjective.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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