different between sermon vs prophesying

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English sermoun, from Anglo-Norman sermun and/or Old French sermon, from Latin serm?, serm?nem.

Alternative forms

• sarmon (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??.m?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?.m?n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m?n

Noun

sermon (plural sermons)

1. Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.
2. A lengthy speech of reproval.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English sermonen, from Old French sermoner, from sermon (see above).

Verb

sermon (third-person singular simple present sermons, present participle sermoning, simple past and past participle sermoned)

2. (poetic, obsolete) To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.
   • January 23 1583, Edmund Spenser, letter to Walter Raleigh

     To some I know this methode will seem displeasaunt, which had rather have good discipline delivered plainly in way of precepts, or sermoned at large, as they use, then thus clowdily enwrapped in allegorical devises

3. (poetic, obsolete) To tutor; to lecture.
   • 1607, William Shakespeare, The Life of Timon of Athens, II. ii. 177:

     Come, sermon me no further.

Derived terms

Related terms

Anagrams

• Menors, Merson, merons, moners, mornes, somner

French

Etymology

From Old French sermon, from Latin serm?, serm?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.m??/

Noun

sermon m (plural sermons)

1. sermon (religious speech)
2. sermon (lengthy reproval)

Further reading

• “sermon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• mornes, normes

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman sermun.

Noun

sermon

1. Alternative form of sermoun

Etymology 2

From Old French sermoner.

Verb

sermon

1. Alternative form of sermonen

Old French

Alternative forms

• sermoun (Anglo-Norman)
• sermun (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin serm?, serm?nem.

Noun

sermon m (oblique plural sermons, nominative singular sermons, nominative plural sermon)

1. sermon (religious)

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: sermun
  • ? Middle English: sermoun, sermon, sermun, sarmoun, sarmoune, sermown, sermond, sermone
    • English: sermon, sarmon
    • Scots: sermon
• Bourguignon: sarmon
• French: sermon
• Walloon: siermon

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (sermon, supplement)
• sermun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

English

Verb

prophesying

1. present participle of prophesy

Noun

prophesying (plural prophesyings)

1. A prophecy.
   • 1831, Robert Barclay, George Keith, Truth triumphant through the spiritual warfare, Christian labours, and writings of that able and faithful servant of Jesus Christ, Robert Barclay

     He had not the writings nor prophesyings of any going before, nor yet the concurrence of any church or people to strengthen him; and yet his faith in the word, by which he contradicted the whole world, saved him and his house.

2. (historical) A religious meeting to discuss parts of Scripture and their possible use in sermons.