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homily

[hom-uh-lee] / ˈhɒm ə li /
NOUN
sermon
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The Homily will be preached by parish priest Father Roddy McAuley, who has described Mr Kennedy as "a much loved and respected parishioner".

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2015

Eccleston will star as Homily, the father of teenage Borrower Arrietty.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2011

I set it on the kitchen table—a reminder of wishes come true—lit the kerosene lamp and finished writing my Honyocker’s Homily.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

See the writer’s North-English Homily Collection, 1902, pp.

From The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story by Gerould, Gordon Hall

It occurs in Homily X., "On the Statues," delivered at Antioch.

From Notes and Queries, Number 206, October 8, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George




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