homily

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But for Schoenberg Moses und Aron was a warning as well as a homily, and as much a confession of faith as either (a double confession: in the religion to which he had returned and in the power of his compositional method to encompass epic drama).

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  1. noun A sermon, especially one intended to edify a congregation on a practical matter and not intended to be a theological discourse.
  2. noun A tedious moralizing lecture or admonition.
  3. noun An inspirational saying or platitude.

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  • The words “homiletical” and “homily” suggest what they originally connoted; they are derived from the Greek word [Greek: homilia], “an assembly,” and a homily was a discourse delivered to an assembly. —  Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria
  • The Mass took place without incident, and the bishop's homily was a call to concord between men and to forgiveness. —  The BROTHERHOOD of the HOLY SHRO
  • Echoing a similar theme in his New Year's Day homily, the pope said the crisis should be seen as a test-case about the future of globalization. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • In his New Year's homily, the pontiff also asks for world cooperation on Middle East. —  Times Leader News
  • But for Schoenberg Moses und Aron was a warning as well as a homily, and as much a confession of faith as either (a double confession: in the religion to which he had returned and in the power of his compositional method to encompass epic drama). —  Torrentreactor.Net
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  1. Middle English omelie, from Old French, from Late Latin homīlia, from Greek homīliā, discourse, from homīlos, crowd; see sem-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French homelie, French homélie = Provencal omelia = Spanish homilía = Portuguese homilia = Italian omelia, from Middle Latin homilia, a homily, sermon, from Greek ὁμιλία, intercourse, instruction, a lecture, ecclesiastical a homily, sermon, from ο%36μιλος, an assembly, from ὁμός, same, like, ὁμον=, together, + ἴλη, εἴλη, a company, from εἴλειν, press or crowd together.
 

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