sermonette

[sur-muh-net]

noun

1. a brief sermon or homily.

   five-minute radio sermonettes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sermonette¹

First recorded in 1805–15; sermon + -ette

Example Sentences

Elise, a quasi-magical wise woman, will deliver the sermonette that will haunt and drive Mel through the season.

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Then they listened intently to the playwright Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu as she preached a sermonette.

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“We sing old hymns. I present a sermonette, and the residents seem to like it,” Fashbaugh said.

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But that’s why it’s a sermonette and not a sermon.”

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“In quarterback meetings, he’d give a little three-minute Mr. Miyagi sermonette where you’d be like, ‘What is this even about?’ ” said Matt Hasselbeck, one of his quarterbacks in Indianapolis.

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