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–noun, plural -lies.

1.	a sermon, usually on a Biblical topic and usually of a nondoctrinal nature.

2.	an admonitory or moralizing discourse.

3.	an inspirational saying or cliché.

[Origin: 1545–55; < LL homīlia < Gk homīlía assembly, sermon, equiv. to hómīl(os) crowd (hom(oû) together + -īlos, masc. comb. form of lé (fem.) crowd) + -ia -y³; r. ME omelie < MF < L, as above

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n. pl. hom·i·lies

A sermon, especially one intended to edify a congregation on a practical matter and not intended to be a theological discourse.
A tedious moralizing lecture or admonition.
An inspirational saying or platitude.

[Middle English omelie, from Old French, from Late Latin homīlia, from Greek homīliā, discourse, from homīlos, crowd; see sem-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

hom'i·list n.

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c.1386, from O.Fr. omelie (12c.), from Church L. homilia "a homily, sermon," from Gk. homilia "conversation, discourse," used in N.T. Gk. for "sermon," from homilos "a crowd," from homou "together" + ile "troop" (cognate with Skt. melah "assembly," L. miles "soldier"). Hence homiletic, from Gk. homiletikos "of conversation, affable," from homelein "associate with," from homilos.

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homily
noun
a sermon on a moral or religious topic

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Hom`i*let"ic\, Homiletical \Hom`i*let"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. homil['e]tique. See Homily.]

1. Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable. [R.]

His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not those lazy, sullen ones of the cloister. --Atterbury.

2. Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory.

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