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homily

[hom-uh-lee] / ˈhɒm ə li /
NOUN
sermon
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The private requiem mass included a homily from the Rt Rev David Charlesworth, Abbot of Buckfast.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

In his homily, Pope Leo said Spaniards should not look at religion as "a museum of the past to be visited, but a school of faith from which to draw even today".

From Barron's Jun. 7, 2026

He said these words only a couple of days after his Easter homily, in which he warned against the “desire for domination.”

From Slate Apr. 11, 2026

In the Ash Wednesday Mass, this bracing mandate is followed by a homily from the priest.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

Bessie supplied the hiatus by a homily of an hour’s length, in which she proved beyond a doubt that I was the most wicked and abandoned child ever reared under a roof.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

“Grantchester” may be ending, but “Father Brown” endures because its homilies champion the belief that good exists in everybody, even in the hearts of those who commit mortal sin.

From Salon Jun. 16, 2026

To an ordinary viewer, everything about this film is disappointing—the dull jokes, the stupid plot, the canned homilies, the silly and unworkable policy proposals.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 11, 2025

We follow Thiên as he tries to make sense of his place in the world, a journey that at one point brings him into contact with an older woman who speaks in cryptic homilies.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 25, 2024

Catholic, Anglican and Episcopalian churches follow liturgical calendars containing set Scripture passages to be read, with sermons or homilies to be derived from those passages.

From Washington Times Oct. 26, 2023

The homilies used in the Church of England have no texts.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 105, November 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various




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