HOMILY


Meaning of HOMILY in English

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a sermon. 2 a tedious moralizing discourse. homilist n.

[ ME f. OF omelie f. eccl.L homilia f. Gk homilia f. homilos crowd ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.