Bible Dictionaries
Homily

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse.

(2):

(n.) A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Homily'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/homily.html. 1828.