■ noun
1》 a talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible.
2》 informal a long or tedious admonition or reproof.
Derivatives
~ic adjective
~ize or ~ise verb
~izer or ~iser noun
Origin
ME: from OFr., from L. sermo(n-) 'discourse, talk'.