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   homily

   /ˈhɒmɪli/

   noun

   • 1. a religious discourse which is intended primarily for spiritual edification rather than doctrinal instruction.
   • ▪ a tedious moralizing lecture: "she delivered her homily about the need for patience"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin homilia, from Greek, ‘discourse, conversation’ (in ecclesiastical use, ‘sermon’), from homilos ‘crowd’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. homilist noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • H

     4

   • O

     1

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • L

     1

   • Y

     4

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