† ˈcurtain-ˈsermon Obs.
= curtain-lecture.
1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xv. §44 The Curtaine-Sermons nightly enlarged vpon the same Text. 1621–51 Burton Anat. Mel. iii. iii. iv. ii. 629. 1631 R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creature xv. §2. 255 He heares Curtaine..Sermons, ere the Morning. |