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a public speech usually by a member of the clergy for the purpose of giving moral guidance or uplift
a sermon whose message was that we should love our neighbors as much as we love ourselves
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The sermon was built around a Bible passage, Malachi 3:1-4, about God's ability to purify people.
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Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
Before the revolution, in an infamous 1963 sermon that precipitated his expulsion from Iran, Khomeini inveighed against Israel as the enemy of Islam and the religious class in Iran.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
Dylan rejects Seeger’s sermon, takes the stage, and blasts the old folk establishment with his electric Stratocaster.
—Nina Silber / Made By History, TIME, 25 Dec. 2024
Next to the altar where Isaac delivers sermons is an unusual Nativity scene: For the second Christmas in a row, the baby Jesus is wrapped in a keffiyeh, the traditional Palestinian scarf, and nestled on a pile of rubble.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
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Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
Before the revolution, in an infamous 1963 sermon that precipitated his expulsion from Iran, Khomeini inveighed against Israel as the enemy of Islam and the religious class in Iran.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
Dylan rejects Seeger’s sermon, takes the stage, and blasts the old folk establishment with his electric Stratocaster.
—Nina Silber / Made By History, TIME, 25 Dec. 2024
Next to the altar where Isaac delivers sermons is an unusual Nativity scene: For the second Christmas in a row, the baby Jesus is wrapped in a keffiyeh, the traditional Palestinian scarf, and nestled on a pile of rubble.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sermon
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Are there any specific lessons that Sanford learned from those past merger attempts that fell through that informed your conversations or process with Marshfield this time around?Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Parents have the right to opt their children out of these family life and human sexuality lessons.Patrick Hauf, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2025
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And honorees didn’t forget to include motivational messages in their speeches.Renan Botelho, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025
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Meta-morphosis Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech at the Meta Connect annual event, at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S. September 25, 2024.Michele Luhn, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
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Readings will be offered by Jason Carter and Joshua Carter, another grandson, and Andrew Young, the civil rights leader who served as Mr. Carter’s ambassador to the U.N., will deliver a homily.Peter Baker, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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His discipline quickly reasserted itself, and with it his store of homilies.Peter Goldman, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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Participants can learn about police operations, practices and objectives through lectures, interactive discussions and hands-on demonstrations, a news release said.Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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New ways need to be developed for easily producing more compelling video lectures so more people can take part in flexible or hybrid learning.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Sermon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sermon. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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