homily
31homily — /ˈhɒməli / (say homuhlee) noun (plural homilies) 1. a religious discourse addressed to a congregation to give moral guidance and direction rather than to develop a theme as in a sermon. 2. a sermon. 3. an admonitory or moralising discourse.… …
32homily — This word (from the Greek homilia, meaning conversation or discourse ) designates a liturgical sermon that explains the Scripture readings and encourages people to put the teachings of the Scriptures into practice in their daily life. (See CCC …
33homily — n. moral discourse; sermon. ♦ homiletic(al), a. ♦ homiletics, n. study of sermons; art of preaching. ♦ homiliarium, ♦ homiliary, n. book of sermons. ♦ homilist, ♦ homilite, n. preacher …
34homily — n. (pl. ies) 1 a sermon. 2 a tedious moralizing discourse. Derivatives: homilist n. Etymology: ME f. OF omelie f. eccl.L homilia f. Gk homilia f. homilos crowd …
35Old Icelandic Homily Book — The Old Icelandic Homily Book (Stock. Perg. 4to no. 15), also known as the Stockholm Homily Book, is one of two main collections of Old West Norse sermons; the other being the Old Norwegian Homily Book (AM 619 4to), with which it shares eleven… …
36Old Norwegian Homily Book — The Old Norwegian Homily Book (AM 619 4to) is one of two main collections of Old West Norse sermons. The manuscript was written around 1200, contemporary with the other principal collection of sermons, the Old Icelandic Homily Book; together they …
37Paschal Homily — The Paschal homily or sermon (also known in Greek as Hieratikon or as the Catechetical Homily) of St John Chrysostom is read aloud in every Orthodox church on the morning of Pascha (a.k.a Easter in the West), called the Great and Holy Pascha of… …
38Judith (homily) — Judith is a homily written by abbot Aelfric of Eynsham around the year 1000. It is extant in two manuscripts, a fairly complete version being found in Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS 303, and fragments in British Library MS Cotton Otho… …
39Northern Homily Cycle — The Northern Homily Cycle is a Middle English poem written c. 1315. A good copy of it can be found in Oxford Bodleian Eng. Poet. a.1, a 14th century manuscript. A Cambridge manuscript of the poem has been edited by Saara Nevanlinna. This article… …
40Book of Homilies — 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… …
