n.
Pronunciation: ' hä-m ə -l ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -lies
Etymology: Middle English omelie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin homilia, from Late Greek, from Greek, conversation, discourse, from homilein to consort with, address, from homilos crowd, assembly; akin to Greek homos same ― more at SAME
Date: 14th century
1 : a usually short sermon
2 : a lecture or discourse on or of a moral theme
3 : an inspirational catchphrase also : PLATITUDE