Look up: homily

1. homily
   [n] - a sermon on a moral or religious topic
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2. Homily
   Hom'i·ly noun ; plural Homilies . [ Late Latin homilia , Greek ... communion, assembly, converse, sermon, from ... an assembly, from ... same; confer ... together, and ... crowd, confer ... to press: confer French homélie . ...
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3. homily
   preachment noun a sermon on a moral or religious topic
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4. Homily
   • (n.) A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse. • (n.) A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life.
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5. homily
   (from the article `Augustine, Saint`) Almost one-third of Augustine`s surviving works consists of sermons—more than 1.5 million words, most of them taken down by shorthand scribes as he ... [6 related articles]
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6. homily
   homily (s), homilies (pl) 1. A sermon or other piece of writing on a moral or religious topic. 2. A sermon, especially one intended to edify a congregation on a practical matter and not intended to be a theological discourse. 3. A tedious moralizing lecture or admonition. 4. An inspirational saying or platitude.
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7. homily
   homily (hom'ulē) , type of oral religious instruction delivered to a church congregation. In the patristic period through the Middle Ages the focus of the homily was on the explanation and application of texts read or sung during the celebration of the liturgy. Works of literature giving m...
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8. Homily
   A homily is a discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience on some subject of religion; a discourse pronounced in the church by the minister to the congregation.
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9. Homily
   A `homily` is a commentary that follows a reading of scripture.<ref name ="homily definition">http://www83.homepage.villanova.edu/richard.jacobs/homilies/homily-sermon.htm Homilies for Sundays and Holidays--> In Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Eastern Orthodox Churches, a homily is us...
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