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Homily Definition And Meaning |
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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.''
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