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SERMON ON THE MOUNT
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I. (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))