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hom⋅i⋅list

  [hom-uh-list]
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–noun
a person who writes or delivers homilies.
Origin:
1610–20; homil(y) + -ist
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hom·i·ly   (hŏm'ə-lē)   
n.   pl. hom·i·lies

  1. A sermon, especially one intended to edify a congregation on a practical matter and not intended to be a theological discourse.

  2. A tedious moralizing lecture or admonition.

  3. 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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