homilizev.
/ˈhɒmɪlʌɪz/ intransitive. To discourse, to preach, sermonize. (In quot. 1857 perhaps transitive. To preach to.)
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society > faith > worship > preaching > preach [verb (intransitive)]
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sermonize1635
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > make a speech [verb (intransitive)] > discourse or lecture
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1624 R. Montagu Immediate Addresse 169 Basil..excelled in that popular kind of Homilizing.
a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) 9 Not cloying them with continual Preaching, or Homilizing.
1683 O. U. Parish-churches No Conventicles 21 Must the Parochial Ministers be bound to preach or homilize every Holy-Day?
1857 Fraser's Mag. 56 496 The stones at our feet can homilize and humanize us.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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