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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈhoʊmɪli/ [General-American], /ˈhoʊməli/ [General-American] Forms: more homily [comparative], most homily [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adv}} homily (comparative more homily, superlative most homily)
  1. In a homey manner.
    Sense id: en-homily-en-adv-hfHHtYd0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hom.
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhɒmɪli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɑməli/ [Canada, General-American], /ˈhɑmɪli/ [Canada, General-American] Audio: en-au-homily.ogg Forms: homilies [plural]
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”)). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|omelī}} Middle English omelī, {{der|en|fro|omelie}} Old French omelie, {{der|en|LL.|homīlia||homily}} Late Latin homīlia (“homily”), {{der|en|grc|ὁμιλία||homily; instruction}} Ancient Greek ὁμιλία (homilía, “homily; instruction”), {{lang|grc|ὅμῑλος}} ὅμῑλος Head templates: {{en-noun}} homily (plural homilies)
  1. (Christianity) A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter. Categories (topical): Christianity, Talking Translations (sermon): քարոզ (kʻaroz) (Armenian), проповед (propoved) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kázání [neuter] (Czech), homilie [feminine] (Czech), prediko (Esperanto), saarna (Finnish), homélie [feminine] (French), Homilie [feminine] (German), ομιλία (omilía) [feminine] (Greek), κήρυγμα (kírygma) [neuter] (Greek), homilio (Ido), homili (Indonesian), omelia (Italian), homilia [feminine] (Latin), про́повед (própoved) [feminine] (Macedonian), وعظ (vaʼz) (Ottoman Turkish), homilia [feminine] (Polish), homília [feminine] (Portuguese), про́поведь (própovedʹ) [masculine] (Russian), searmon [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), homilía [feminine] (Spanish), homilia (Swedish)
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  2. A moralizing lecture. Categories (topical): Talking Translations (moralizing lecture): поучение (poučenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), морал (moral) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 說教 (Chinese Mandarin), 说教 (shuōjiào) (Chinese Mandarin), prediko (Esperanto), по́ука (póuka) [feminine] (Macedonian), поуче́ние (poučénije) [neuter] (Russian), наставле́ние (nastavlénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-homily-en-noun-9SogJnME Disambiguation of Talking: 1 52 46 1 Disambiguation of 'moralizing lecture': 8 92 1
  3. A platitude.
    Sense id: en-homily-en-noun-~qf0cTqg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hom. Related terms: homilete, homiletic, homiletical, homiletics, homilist
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "[W]hen one approaches Origen's homilies, this aspect of the work of the priest must be kept in mind. The purpose of his sermons was to instruct and to lead beginners in the faith to a higher level of understanding and maturity.",
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        "(Christianity) A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter."
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          "text": "How expreſſe and poſitive the doctrine of our Church is againſt them, our English Homily entitled Againſt the perill of idolatry, abundantly declareth; […]",
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          "text": "But if it be as I have heard my father / Deal out in his long homilies, 'tis a thing— / Oh God! I dare no think on 't!",
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          "ref": "1848, Robert Montgomery, “In Divine Things to be Neutral is to be Infidel”, in The Gospel in Advance of the Age: Being a Homily for the Times, 3rd edition, Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, […], →OCLC, page 320:",
          "text": "Will it be said, that Literature and Christianity, are two distinct things? Or, that it would be preposterous to expect that every writer should give us a homily, when we want to laugh, or a sermon, when we wish to think?",
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          "text": "[W]hen one approaches Origen's homilies, this aspect of the work of the priest must be kept in mind. The purpose of his sermons was to instruct and to lead beginners in the faith to a higher level of understanding and maturity.",
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          "text": "How expreſſe and poſitive the doctrine of our Church is againſt them, our English Homily entitled Againſt the perill of idolatry, abundantly declareth; […]",
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          "text": "But if it be as I have heard my father / Deal out in his long homilies, 'tis a thing— / Oh God! I dare no think on 't!",
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          "text": "Will it be said, that Literature and Christianity, are two distinct things? Or, that it would be preposterous to expect that every writer should give us a homily, when we want to laugh, or a sermon, when we wish to think?",
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      "sense": "moralizing lecture",
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