sermonette

[ sur-muh-net ]
/ ˌsɜr məˈnɛt /

noun

a brief sermon or homily: five-minute radio sermonettes.

Origin of sermonette

First recorded in 1805–15; sermon + -ette

Words nearby sermonette

serjeanty, serkin, serlio, sermon, sermon on the mount, sermonette, sermonic, sermonize, sero-, serocolitis, seroconversion

Example sentences from the Web for sermonette

  • Perhaps, if at once followed by questions upon the sermonette, it might thus become very useful.

    The Parish Clerk (1907) |Peter Hampson Ditchfield

  • As soon as my sermonette was over quite a number of friends crowded around me and showered congratulations on me.

    The Nation Behind Prison Bars |George L. Herr