- sermon, discourse, preaching - an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
--1 is a kind of address, speech
--1 has particulars:baccalaureate; kerygma, kerugma; Sermon on the Mount; evangelism; homily, preachment Derived forms: verb sermonize1, verb sermonise1 - sermon, preaching - a moralistic rebuke; "your preaching is wasted on him"
--2 is a kind of lecture, speech, talking to
Derived forms: verb sermonize1, verb sermonise1