address,
speech the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball
church service,
church a service conducted in a house of worship; "don't be late for church"
baccalaureate a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies
kerugma,
kerygma preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church
evangelism zealous preaching and advocacy of the gospel
discourse -
an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"
talk the act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an interesting talk on local history"
Verb
discourse -
to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'"
plow,
handle,
treat,
address,
deal,
cover to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"
descant talk at great length about something of one's interest
talk shop discuss matters that are related to work; "As soon as they met, the linguists started to talk shop"
Discourse (L. discursus, "running to and from") generally refers to "written or spoken communication or debate" The following are three more specific definitions: (1) In semantics and discourse analysis: A generalization of the concept of conversation to all modalities and contexts. (2) "The totality of codified linguistic usages attached to a given type of social practice.
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discourse A formal lengthy exposition of some subject.
