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Definition of Homily

1. Noun. A sermon on a moral or religious topic.

Definition of Homily

1. n. A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse.

Definition of Homily

1. Noun. A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter. ¹

2. Noun. A moralizing lecture. ¹

3. Noun. A platitude. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Homily

1. a sermon [n -LIES] - See also: sermon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Homily

Literary usage of Homily

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Protestant Dictionary: Containing Articles on the History, Doctrines, and by Charles Henry Hamilton Wright, Charles Neil (1904)
"A homily of the Right Use of the Church (Bishop Jewel, ... A homily against Peril of Idolatry (Bishop Jewel, or Ridley and Bullinger). 3. ..."

2. Select Translations from Old English Prose by Albert Stanburrough Cook, Chauncey Brewster Tinker (1908)
"THE EASTER homily Horn. 2. 262 ff. The date (1567) of the publication, ... Controversy has raged about the Easter homily down to comparatively recent times. ..."

3. The Journal of Philology by William George Clark, William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, Henry Jackson (1903)
"THE homily OF PSEUDO-CLEMENT. The homily of pseudo-Clement is the writing which used to be called the Second Epistle of St Clement of Rome to the ..."

4. Journal of Theological Studies (1908)
"In his Latin thesis M. Cavallera has brought to light an unpublished- homily, the authorship of which he claims for Eustathius of Antioch. ..."

5. The History of the Protestant Reformation, in Germany and Switzerland, and by Martin John Spalding (1870)
"He culls here and there from the homily such extracts as suit his purpose, ... Mosheim had given the original extract from the homily, with marks indicating ..."

6. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers by James Donaldson, Alexander Roberts (1871)
"homily ON HABIB THE MARTYR, COMPOSED BY MAE JACOB.1 Habib the martyr, clad in flame, ... this and the following homily consists of twelve syllables, ..."

7. An English Miscellany: Presented to Dr. Furnivall in Honour of His Seventy by William Paton Ker, Frederick James Furnivall, Arthur Sampson Napier, Walter William Skeat (1901)
"1355) a Latin homily which evidently represents the Latin version from ... 1 This homily was already in type when Prof. Ker suggested that I should add my ..."

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