SERMON ON THE MOUNT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sermon on the Mount mean? 

• SERMON ON THE MOUNT (noun)
  The noun SERMON ON THE MOUNT has 1 sense:

1. the first major discourse delivered by Jesus (Matthew 5-7 and Luke 6:20-49)

  Familiarity information: SERMON ON THE MOUNT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERMON ON THE MOUNT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The first major discourse delivered by Jesus (Matthew 5-7 and Luke 6:20-49)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

discourse; preaching; sermon (an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service))

Meronyms (parts of "Sermon on the Mount"):

Beatitude (one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with 'beatus' (blessed))

Lord's Prayer (the prayer that Christ gave his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:9-13))