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What does homily mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word homily? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.
  2. A moralizing lecture.
  3. A platitude.
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After a short homily, the priest confessed her in the presence of the villagers and sentenced her to an annual pilgrimage to Chartres.
In fact, if you read Hebrews aloud, you will quickly recognize how much it resembles an oral proclamation or a stirring homily.
The chief celebrant at the Mass was Fr. Fergal Cunnane and he also delivered a fine homily.
In his homily at Malcom's funeral, Nebraska Bishop James Krotz told of visiting a nursing home in Nebraska City with Malcom.
This wise Fijian homily was part of a dinner discussion aboard and I thought back to the fisherboy.
We had a bellyful of that in 1967, and its destructiveness needs no homily.

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