noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
preached...sermon
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The vicar preached a sermon about the prodigal son.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
deliver
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The archbishop fled to Canterbury where he proceeded to deliver sermons and issue pamphlets against the crown's infringement of clerical privileges.
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Television actor Craig Nelson likes taking ministers to car races to deliver sermons at the track.
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Later that month, the Archbishop of Tuam delivered a sermon in which he came out against the mining.
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And when the rector took to the pulpit he delivered sermons brimming with moral admonition.
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A vicar preached his way into the record books when he delivered a sermon lasting 28 hours and 45 minutes.
give
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It can cover anything from giving a church sermon to holding a mass rally.
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It is hard to give a sermon , because there is already somebody giving one.
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So he decided to give the council a sermon when he blessed its monthly meeting.
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According to the legend, David was about to give a sermon in Brefi.
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Father gives the bridal sermon over my dead body.
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We would alternate between trying to boost them up and giving them sermons .
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The iron hand of the Conservative administration's first 5 years gave way to sermons on personal responsibility.
hear
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Everything that Margery says can be traced to what she would hear in sermons and readings.
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At forty, he heard a sermon by John of Avila and went mad with guilt.
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On weekdays, they listened to lectures in local churches, and on market days travelled to hear sermons in nearby towns.
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The faithful heard sermons from pundits and talk-show hosts.
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Patriot Patrick Henry liked to drop by to hear the recruiting sermons Davies preached, in order to learn oratory.
listen
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Developing countries were unwilling to listen to sermons about sustainability from those doing most of the polluting.
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I mended the tent-pole bag and listened to another sermon before switching off my torch.
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They listened to an impassioned sermon delivered by the Archbishop of Tyre and were moved to take the cross themselves.
preach
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Wolsey even has his ministers preach peace sermons in London.
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In 1581 he was appointed to preach a sermon at St Paul's Church, London.
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FleeceThe cook aboard the Pequod who preaches a sermon to the sharks.
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He preached his last sermon at Collin Wood, near the River Ayr, and spent most of his time in prayer.
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They had been trained at college to preach Western-style sermons based on abstract thinking arranged in linear form.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Columban left behind a number of sermons and poems.
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It excited her that her brother had at last imbued their childhood Sunday sermons with the reality of fighting for change.
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It is better than sitting still in one of the pews, waiting for the sermon to be over.
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Many of his utterances were, however, sermon commonplaces, to which parallels can be found in other contemporary preaching.
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Richard Baxter again pacified the crowd and eventually finished his sermon without further interruption.
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The sermons were livelier, for the resident minister Carter was a cultivated man.
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The Gospel being read, it was time for the sermon .
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What concerned him were his sermons.