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Preaching :: Preaching (n.) The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse; serious, earnest advice..

Oration :: Oration (n.) An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill..

Sermonizing :: Sermonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sermoniz.

Bidding Prayer :: Bidding prayer () The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons..

Funeral :: Funeral (n.) A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural.

Head :: Head (n.) A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon..

Mortal :: Mortal (a.) Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours..

Sermoner :: Sermoner (n.) A preacher; a sermonizer.

Sermonist :: Sermonist (n.) See Sermonizer.

Sermonize :: Sermonize (v. i.) To inculcate rigid rules.

Desk :: Desk (n.) A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession..

Application :: Application (n.) Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the moral of a fable. (b) The use of the principles of one science for the purpose of enlarging or perfecting another; as, the application of algebra to geometry..

Sermonizer :: Sermonizer (n.) One who sermonizes.

Bidding Prayer :: Bidding prayer () The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon..

Preach :: Preach (v. t.) To deliver or pronounce; as, to preach a sermon..

Sermon :: Sermon (n.) A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer..

Lecture :: Lecture (n.) A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon..

Centurial :: Centurial (a.) Of or pertaining to a century; as, a centurial sermon..

Sermon :: Sermon (v. t.) To discourse to or of, as in a sermon..

Sermocinator :: Sermocinator (n.) One who makes sermons or speeches.

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