Entertainment / Literature / Mock Sermon: A medieval genre commonly known as 'une sermon joyeux' or 'une sermon jolie,' the conventions are that a non-clerical figure will present a humorous lecture on a non-religious topic (sexuality and food being two common choices) using all the tropes and conventions of a normal homily--such as the introduction and explication of a Biblical passage, allusions to various intellectual figures, a series of exempla to prove the speaker's point, and a concluding invocation of prayer. Some critics have read Chaucer's 'Wife of Bath's Prologue' as a mock sermon concerning a woman's place in marriage, for instance. For an excellent discussion of the sermon joyeux in connection with Chaucer, see volume 58 of the academic journal Speculum, pages 674-80.
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Sermon Adverb Synonyms: lecture, lesson, preaching, reprimand, reproach, reproof, remonstration, remonstrance, scolding, harangue, talking-to, dressing-down
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Entertainment / Literature / Sermon Joli: Another term for a sermon joyeaux. See discussion under mock sermon. MORE
Lifestyle / Poetry / Mock-Heroic: Treating something trivial with high seriousness, as in john philips' the splendid shilling. MORE
Business / Finance / Mock Trading: The simulated trading of securities used as a learning device in training investors and brokers. MORE