How do you use Homily in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like sermon or discourse, plus the exact meaning.
Homily meaning
- A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.
- A moralizing lecture.
- A platitude.
Using Homily
- The main meaning on this page is: A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter. | A moralizing lecture. | A platitude.
- Useful related words include: preachment, sermon, discourse, preaching.
- In the example corpus, homily often appears in combinations such as: his homily, the homily, homily at.
Context around Homily
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Homily
- In this selection, "homily" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, festal, promise, eve, bishop, became and believers stand out and add context to how "homily" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a festal homily to share and a funeral homily of spiritual. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "homily" sits close to words such as abrogation, airman and algonquin, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with homily
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A homily or two, maybe. (5 words)
Bishop Vincent's Homily for Australia Day 2023. (8 words)
After the Gospel, the homily is preached by the principal concelebrant. (11 words)
A few days later, Father Anthony Salangeta, a Catholic priest in Lusaka, used his homily to portray the president as elitist and argued that macroeconomic growth means little to the poor if it does not reduce their cost of living. (40 words)
Francis, for his part, offered a first word of tribute Saturday during his New Year's Eve homily, after having paid his respects Saturday morning immediately after Benedict died with a visit to the converted monastery where his predecessor lived. (40 words)
Always journeying, in the presence of the Lord, in the light of the Lord, seeking to live with the blamelessness that God asked of Abraham in his promise (Homily at the with the Cardinal Electors, 14 March 2013). (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
It is possible that the Church from which Clement sent his epistle had included a festal homily to share in one economical post, thus the homily became known as the Second Epistle of Clement.
A few days later, Father Anthony Salangeta, a Catholic priest in Lusaka, used his homily to portray the president as elitist and argued that macroeconomic growth means little to the poor if it does not reduce their cost of living.
Always journeying, in the presence of the Lord, in the light of the Lord, seeking to live with the blamelessness that God asked of Abraham in his promise (Homily at the with the Cardinal Electors, 14 March 2013).
Bishop Vincent's Homily for Australia Day 2023.
Both the days Holy Eucharist with homily was led by Bishop Lawrence Mukkuzhy.
Francis, for his part, offered a first word of tribute Saturday during his New Year's Eve homily, after having paid his respects Saturday morning immediately after Benedict died with a visit to the converted monastery where his predecessor lived.
He did his Order of Preachers proud, delivering a funeral homily of spiritual depth and literary heights.
In a statement Saturday, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Holy Week ceremonies would proceed as planned before the pope’s hospital stay, with the pope presiding and delivering his homily and a cardinal celebrating at the altar.
The Pope offered a homily on God’s mercy before leading the parish in the Confiteor prayer.
Archbishop Nelson Pérez was the celebrant for the Mass and Bishop Christopher Cooke delivered the homily.
For his homily, Bishop Nguyen spoke on the spiritual principle of hope and directed his remarks to the children.
Given the large presence of political representatives, the archbishop of Paris addressed everyone in his homily, believers and non-believers alike.
In a homily inside the correctional centre, the Archbishop of Onitsha Catholic Archdiocese, Valerie Okeke, thanked Obi for being one of the charity pillars for the centre.
In his homily, Archbishop Coleridge said Christianity was not a conventional religion – “it’s an experience”.
In his homily, Bishop Burns encouraged couples to make Christ the center of their marriage, reminding them that God’s love strengthens and sustains their union.
In the homily at the beginning of his pontificate, the late pope said: “Do not be afraid.
Prior to the graduation ceremony, Bishop Frank Caggiano of Bridgeport, Connecticut, is set to preside at the baccalaureate Mass and give a homily.
After the Gospel, the homily is preached by the principal concelebrant.
A homily or two, maybe.
In his homily, Father Smith praised the couple for their commitment to each other and to God during challenging times.
Common combinations with homily
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- his homily 24×
- the homily 15×
- homily at 7×
- homily on 7×
- in homily 4×
- homily of 3×
- homily and 3×
- homily bishop 3×
- homily the 3×
- homily to 2×