homily: [14] Etymologically, a homily is a discourse addressed to a ‘crowd of people’. The word comes via Old French omelie and late Latin homīlia from Greek homīlíā ‘discourse’. This was a derivative of hōmílos ‘crowd’, originally a compound noun formed from homou ‘together’ and ílē ‘crowd’. Its moral connotations emerged in the original Greek.
homily (n.)
late 14c., omelye, from Old French omelie (12c., Modern French homélie), from Church Latin homilia "a homily, sermon," from Greek homilia "conversation, discourse," used in New Testament Greek for "sermon," from homilos "an assembled crowd," from homou "together" (from PIE *somo-, from root *sem- (1) "one, as one, together with;" see same) + ile "troop" (cognate with Sanskrit melah "assembly," Latin miles "soldier"). Latinate form restored in English 16c.
实用例句
1. She delivered a homily on the virtues of family life.
她进行了一场家庭生活美德方面的说教。来自《权威词典》
2. She delivered a homily on the virtues of family life.
她进行了一场家庭生活美德方面的说教。来自辞典例句
3. Palm Sunday, recap Fr Mark's homily, short and quite simple but impressed in my head.
