homily
homily is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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 (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- article
- canvass
- commentary
- commentator
- consideration
- critic
- criticism
- critique
- deal
- delve
- descant
- discourse
- discoursive
- discursive
- discuss
- discussion
- disquisition
- disquisitionary
- dissert
- dissertation
- editorial
- essay
- essayist
- excursus
- explanation
- exposition
- expository
- expound
- forth
- handle
- hold
- inquiry
- into
- investigation
- justice
- leader
- leading
- lecture
- length
- memoir
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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