HOMILY

homily, preachment

(noun) a sermon on a moral or religious topic

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

homily (plural homilies)

(Christianity) A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.

A moralizing lecture.

A platitude.

Source: Wiktionary

Hom"i*ly, n.; pl. Homilies. Etym: [LL. homilia, Gr. 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."

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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