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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

Canon Westcott says: "Though St Mark has few peculiar phrases, one of these is repeated verbally in the concluding part of the 19th Homily."

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard

The phrase in the Homily presents a very marked variation from the passage in Mark.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard




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