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"sermon" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often homily (6 letters).
Definitions
a moralistic rebuke
Word origin
From Middle English sermoun, from Anglo-Norman sermun and/or Old French sermon, from Latin sermō, sermōnem, from Proto-Indo-European *sermō, from *ser- (“to bind”) + *-mō.
Used in a sentence
“Come, sermon me no further.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Religious address”6 letters
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