"sarmon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɑː(ɹ)mən/ Forms: sarmons [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mən Etymology: From Middle English sarmoun, late form of sermoun. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sarmoun}} Middle English sarmoun, {{m|enm|sermoun}} sermoun Head templates: {{en-noun}} sarmon (plural sarmons)
  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of sermon Tags: alt-of, alternative, dialectal Alternative form of: sermon
    Sense id: en-sarmon-en-noun-BGBTQ9gi

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sarmon meaning in English (1.9kB)

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          "ref": "1838, Mrs. S. C. Hall, Lights and Shadows of Irish Life, volume 2, page 73",
          "text": "\"I'm sure it is,\" she replied; \"for at the very top it begins with 'Father Mulvaney's Sarmon.' \" \"A priest's sarmon put on the paper,\" repeated the good man, rubbing his hands gleesomely, and drawing his \"creepie\" closer to the fire; \"let's have it, Grace.",
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          "text": "The passage announced, his large features glowing with the warmth of love, he commenced thus: “ Noo, friends, I'm not bown [going] to preach ye a sarmon: you mun [must] take it warm off't backst'n. I never but yance [once] made a sarmon i' my life, an' then I cam into the chapel as prood as the divel could mak me.",
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          "ref": "1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick: Or the Whale, page 44",
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