(moralizing) sermon

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• sermon — ► NOUN 1) a talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service. 2) informal a long or tedious moralizing or admonitory talk. DERIVATIVES sermonic adjective sermonize (also sermonise) verb. ORIGIN Latin, discourse,… …   English terms dictionary

• sermon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. homily, lecture, discourse, dissertation, exhortation. See rite, teaching, disapprobation, speech. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. discourse, address, exhortation, lesson, doctrine, lecture; see also speech 3 …   English dictionary for students

• sermon — n 1. homily, preaching, Obs. predication; lesson, interpretation, exegesis; sermonizing, pulpitry. 2. discourse, disquisition, expatiation, descant; speech, talk, address, oration, peroration, prelection; eulogy, encomium. 3. exhortation, lecture …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• sermonic — sermon ► NOUN 1) a talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service. 2) informal a long or tedious moralizing or admonitory talk. DERIVATIVES sermonic adjective sermonize (also sermonise) verb. ORIGIN Latin,… …   English terms dictionary

• sermonise — sermon ► NOUN 1) a talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service. 2) informal a long or tedious moralizing or admonitory talk. DERIVATIVES sermonic adjective sermonize (also sermonise) verb. ORIGIN Latin,… …   English terms dictionary

• sermonize — sermon ► NOUN 1) a talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service. 2) informal a long or tedious moralizing or admonitory talk. DERIVATIVES sermonic adjective sermonize (also sermonise) verb. ORIGIN Latin,… …   English terms dictionary

• Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …   Universalium

• Book of Good Love, The —    by Juan Ruiz (1343)    Juan RUIZ’s The Book of Good Love, perhaps the most important long poetic text surviving from medieval Spain, is a miscellany of 12 poems, each focused on a different love affair. The book opens with a prose sermon, or… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

• short story — short story, adj. a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words. [1885 90] * * * Brief fictional prose narrative. It usually presents a single significant episode or scene involving a limited number of characters. The form encourages… …   Universalium

• Isaac ben Moses Arama — (c. 1420 ndash; 1494) was a Spanish rabbi and author. He was at first principal of a rabbinical academy at Zamora (probably his birthplace); then he received a call as rabbi and preacher from the community at Tarragona, and later from that of… …   Wikipedia

• English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …   Universalium