英语词汇“homily”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hom·i·ly

(hŏmə-lē)

n. pl. hom·i·lies

1. A sermon, especially one intended to explain the practical and moral implications of a particular scriptural passage.

2. A moralizing lecture or admonition that is often tedious or condescending.

3. A platitudinous or inspirational saying: "'Receiving is a form of giving,' she said, in one of those sudden banal homilies that came to her every now and again" (Willie Morris).

[Middle English omelie, from Old French, from Late Latin homīlia, from Greek homīliā, discourse, from homīlos, crowd; see sem-¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

homi·list n.

单词	homily
释义	hom·i·ly (hŏmə-lē) n. pl. hom·i·lies 1. A sermon, especially one intended to explain the practical and moral implications of a particular scriptural passage. 2. A moralizing lecture or admonition that is often tedious or condescending. 3. A platitudinous or inspirational saying: "'Receiving is a form of giving,' she said, in one of those sudden banal homilies that came to her every now and again" (Willie Morris). [Middle English omelie, from Old French, from Late Latin homīlia, from Greek homīliā, discourse, from homīlos, crowd; see sem-¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] homi·list n.
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