homily
Meaning
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- A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.
- A moralizing lecture.
- A platitude.
Hyphenated as
hom‧i‧ly
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhɒmɪli/
Etymology
From Middle English omelī, omelīe, omelye, from Old French omelie and directly from Late Latin homīlia (“homily”), from Ancient Greek ὁμιλία (homilía, “homily; instruction”), from ὅμῑλος (hómīlos, “crowd, throng”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, “suffix forming abstract feminine nouns”). ὅμῑλος is derived from ὁμός (homós, “common; same”) + ῑ̓́λη (ī́lē, “crowd”) (from εἴλω (eílō, “to aggregate”)).
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