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. 2012