Found 2 items, similar to homily.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: homily homily n : a sermon on a moral or religious topic [syn: preachment]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Homily 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]