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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; < Late Latin homīlia < Greek homīlía assembly, sermon, equivalent to hómīl(os) crowd (hom(oû) together + -īlos, masculine combining form of ī́lē (feminine) crowd) + -ia -y3; replacing Middle English omelie < Middle French < Latin, as above
1545–55; < Late Latin homīlia < Greek homīlía assembly, sermon, equivalent to hómīl(os) crowd (hom(oû) together + -īlos, masculine combining form of ī́lē (feminine) crowd) + -ia -y3; replacing Middle English omelie < Middle French < Latin, as above
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Example Sentences
- In fact, there is a sermon type cadence and ring to this sociopathic homily.
- Since the audience is made up of people who are themselves sounding off, new media are more of a hubbub than a homily.
- As a consequence, more than a simple homily was necessary.
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Word Origin & History
homily
late 14c., 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
EXPAND"of conversation, affable," from homelein "associate with," from homilos.
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