homilist


hom·i·ly

H0254900 (hŏm′ə-lē)n. pl. hom·i·lies 1. A sermon, especially one intended to explain the practical and moral implications of a particular scriptural passage.2. A moralizing lecture or admonition that is often tedious or condescending.3. A platitudinous or inspirational saying: "'Receiving is a form of giving,' she said, in one of those sudden banal homilies that came to her every now and again" (Willie Morris).
[Middle English omelie, from Old French, from Late Latin homīlia, from Greek homīliā, discourse, from homīlos, crowd; see sem- in Indo-European roots.]
hom′i·list n.