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homilize, v.|ˈhɒmɪlaɪz|
[f. homily + -ize.]
intr. To discourse, to preach, sermonize. (In quot. 1857 perh. trans. To preach to.)
1624Bp. R. Montagu Immed. Addresse 169 Basil..excelled in that popular kind of Homilizing. a1662Heylin Laud (1668) 9 Not cloying them with continual Preaching, or Homilizing. 1683O. U. Parish Ch. no Conventicles 21 Must the Parochial Ministers be bound to preach or homilize every Holy-Day? 1857Fraser's Mag. LVI. 496 The stones at our feet can homilize and humanize us. |