homily

Meanings

Noun

• A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.
• A moralizing lecture.
• A platitude.

Adverb

• In a homey manner.

Origin

• From Middle English omelī, omelīe, omelye, from Old French omelie and Ecclesiastical Latin homilia, omilia, from Ancient Greek ὁμιλία ("homily; instruction"), from ὅμῑλος + -ῐ́ᾱ. is derived from ὁμός + ῑ̓́λη (from εἴλω).