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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French sermun, from Medieval Latin sermon-, sermo, from [[Latin]], [[speech]], [[conversation]], from serere to link [[together]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: a religious [[discourse]] delivered in [[public]] usually by a clergyman as a part of a [[worship]] service
*2: a [[speech]] on [[conduct]] or [[duty]]
==Description==
A '''sermon''' is an [[Rhetoric|oration]] by a [[prophet]] or member of the [[clergy]]. Sermons address a Biblical, [[theological]], [[religious]], or [[moral]] [[topic]], usually expounding on a type of [[belief]], law or [[behavior]] within both [[past]] and present [[contexts]]. Elements of preaching include exposition, exhortation and [[practical]] application.
In [[Christianity]], a sermon (also known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homily homily] within some churches) is often delivered in a place of [[worship]], most of which have a [[pulpit]] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambo_(liturgy) ambo], an elevated architectural feature. The word "sermon" comes from a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] [[word]] which was derived from an Old French term, which in turn came from the [[Latin]] word sermō; ("[[discourse]]") Although, links have been made between the Latin word serere, which means 'to join [[together]]', so this leaves the modern Latin definition open to [[interpretation]] . The word can mean "[[conversation]]", which could mean that early sermons were delivered in the form of question and answer, and that only later did it come to mean a monologue. In [[contrast]] to this, is the examples from the [[Bible]], where sermons are speeches without interlocution: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]' sermon in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy Deuteronomy 1-33]; [[Jesus]]' sermon on the mount in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_5 Matthew 5-7]; [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s sermon after [[Pentecost]] in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.2 Acts 2:14-40].
In [[modern]] [[language]], the word "sermon" can also be used pejoratively in [[secular]] terms to describe a lengthy or tedious [[speech]] delivered with great [[passion]], by any person, to an uninterested [[audience]]. A sermonette is a short sermon (usually associated with television broadcasting, as stations would present a sermonette before signing off for the night).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sermon]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French sermun, from Medieval Latin sermon-, sermo, from [[Latin]], [[speech]], [[conversation]], from serere to link [[together]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: a religious [[discourse]] delivered in [[public]] usually by a clergyman as a part of a [[worship]] service
*2: a [[speech]] on [[conduct]] or [[duty]]
==Description==
A '''sermon''' is an [[Rhetoric|oration]] by a [[prophet]] or member of the [[clergy]]. Sermons address a Biblical, [[theological]], [[religious]], or [[moral]] [[topic]], usually expounding on a type of [[belief]], law or [[behavior]] within both [[past]] and present [[contexts]]. Elements of preaching include exposition, exhortation and [[practical]] application.
In [[Christianity]], a sermon (also known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homily homily] within some churches) is often delivered in a place of [[worship]], most of which have a [[pulpit]] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambo_(liturgy) ambo], an elevated architectural feature. The word "sermon" comes from a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] [[word]] which was derived from an Old French term, which in turn came from the [[Latin]] word sermō; ("[[discourse]]") Although, links have been made between the Latin word serere, which means 'to join [[together]]', so this leaves the modern Latin definition open to [[interpretation]] . The word can mean "[[conversation]]", which could mean that early sermons were delivered in the form of question and answer, and that only later did it come to mean a monologue. In [[contrast]] to this, is the examples from the [[Bible]], where sermons are speeches without interlocution: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]' sermon in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy Deuteronomy 1-33]; [[Jesus]]' sermon on the mount in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_5 Matthew 5-7]; [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s sermon after [[Pentecost]] in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.2 Acts 2:14-40].
In [[modern]] [[language]], the word "sermon" can also be used pejoratively in [[secular]] terms to describe a lengthy or tedious [[speech]] delivered with great [[passion]], by any person, to an uninterested [[audience]]. A sermonette is a short sermon (usually associated with television broadcasting, as stations would present a sermonette before signing off for the night).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sermon]
