Definitions for: Homily


[n] a sermon on a moral or religious topic



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.''

Synonyms: preachment

See Also: discourse, preaching, sermon

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