'Homily' definitions:
Definition of 'homily'
From: WordNet
noun
A sermon on a moral or religious topic [syn: homily, preachment]
Definition of 'Homily'
From: GCIDE
- Homily \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. hom['e]lie. See Same.]
- 1. A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life. [1913 Webster]
- As I have heard my father Deal out in his long homilies. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 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." [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'homily'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- article,
- assignment,
- causerie,
- chalk talk,
- descant,
- discourse,
- discussion,
- disquisition,
- dissertation,
- essay,
- etude,
- examination,
- excursus,
- exercise,
- exposition,
- feature,
- first approach,
- harangue,
- homework,
- instruction,
- introductory study,
- lecture,
- lecture-demonstration,
- lesson,
- lucubration,
- memoir,
- monograph,
- moral,
- moral lesson,
- morality,
- moralization,
- morceau,
- note,
- object lesson,
- outline,
- pandect,
- paper,
- paragraph,
- piece,
- preachification,
- preaching,
- preachment,
- prelection,
- preliminary study,
- prolegomenon,
- recital,
- recitation,
- religious discourse,
- research paper,
- screed,
- sermon,
- sermonette,
- set task,
- sketch,
- skull session,
- special article,
- study,
- survey,
- talk,
- task,
- teaching,
- term paper,
- theme,
- thesis,
- tract,
- tractate,
- travelogue,
- treatise,
- treatment