Definition of Hoily
Hom"i*ly (?), n.; pl.
Homilies (#). [LL. homilia, Gr. &?;
communion, assembly, converse, sermon, fr. &?; an assembly, fr. &?;
same; cf. &?; together, and &?; crowd, cf. &?; to press: cf. F.
homélie. See Same.] 1. A
discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious
discourse. Shak.
2. A serious or tedious exhortation in
private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life.
As I have heard my father
Deal out in his long homilies. Byron.
Book of Homilies. A collection of
authorized, printed sermons, to be read by ministers in churches,
esp. one issued in the time of Edward VI., and a second, issued in
the reign of Elizabeth; -- both books being certified to contain a
"godly and wholesome doctrine."
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter
- A tedious moralizing lecture
- A platitude
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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