Definitions of sermon

1. To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.

2. To tutor; to lecture.

3. Sermonize.

4. To speak; to discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon.

5. a moralistic rebuke; " your preaching is wasted on him"

6. A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer.

7. Specifically, a discourse delivered in public, usually by a clergyman, for the purpose of religious instruction and grounded on some text or passage of Scripture.

8. Hence, a serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or duty; an exhortation or reproof; a homily; - often in a depreciatory sense.

9. Discourse on a text of Scripture.

10. A religious discourse, based on a text of the Bible; any serious discourse.

11. Sermonette.

12. A discourse on a Scripture text for the purpose of spiritual awakening or edification.

13. A discourse delivered by a clergyman or licentiate from a pulpit, generally on a text selected from Scripture; any serious exhortation.