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Homily

Homily Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Homily? [n] a sermon on a moral or religious topic Synonyms \| Synonyms for Homily: preachment Related Terms \| Find terms related to Homily: article \| assignment \| causerie \| chalk talk \| descant \| discourse \| discussion \| disquisition \| dissertation \| essay \| etude \| examination \| excursus \| exercise \| exposition \| feature \| first approach \| harangue \| homework \| instruction \| introductory study \| lecture \| lecture-demonstration \| lesson \| lucubration \| memoir \| monograph \| moral \| moral lesson \| morality \| moralization \| morceau \| note \| object lesson \| outline \| pandect \| paper \| paragraph \| piece \| preachification \| preaching \| preachment \| prelection \| preliminary study \| prolegomenon \| recital \| recitation \| religious discourse \| research paper \| screed \| sermon \| sermonette \| set task \| sketch \| skull session \| special article \| study \| survey \| talk \| task \| teaching \| term paper \| theme \| thesis \| tract \| tractate \| travelogue \| treatise \| treatment See Also \| discourse \| preaching \| sermon Homily In Webster's Dictionary \Hom"i*ly\, n.; pl. {Homilies}. [LL. homilia, Gr. ? communion, assembly, converse, sermon, fr. ? an assembly, fr. ? same; cf. ? together, and ? crowd, cf. ? to press: cf. F. hom['e]lie. See {Same}.] 1. A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse. --Shak. 2. A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life. As I have heard my father Deal out in his long homilies. --Byron. {Book of Homilies}. A collection of authorized, printed sermons, to be read by ministers in churches, esp. one issued in the time of Edward VI., and a second, issued in the reign of Elizabeth; -- both books being certified to contain a ``godly and wholesome doctrine.''

Homily Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Homily?

[n] a sermon on a moral or religious topic

Synonyms | Synonyms for Homily: preachment

See Also | discourse | preaching | sermon

Homily In Webster's Dictionary

\Hom"i*ly\, n.; pl. {Homilies}. [LL. homilia, Gr. ?
communion, assembly, converse, sermon, fr. ? an assembly, fr.
? same; cf. ? together, and ? crowd, cf. ? to press: cf. F.
hom['e]lie. See {Same}.]
1. A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a
   serious discourse. --Shak.

2. A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral
   point, or on the conduct of life.

         As I have heard my father Deal out in his long
         homilies.                             --Byron.

{Book of Homilies}. A collection of authorized, printed
   sermons, to be read by ministers in churches, esp. one
   issued in the time of Edward VI., and a second, issued in
   the reign of Elizabeth; -- both books being certified to
   contain a ``godly and wholesome doctrine.''

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