homily
n. சமய நற்போதனை, செவியறிவுறூஉ, வேண்டா வெறுப்பான அறிவுரை, சலிப்பூட்டும் போதனை.
Hom"i*ly, n.; pl. Homilies. Etym: [LL. homilia, Gr. homélie. See Same.] 1. A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse. Shak. 2. A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life. As I have heard my father Deal out in his long homilies. Byron. Book of Homilies. A collection of authorized, printed sermons, to be read by ministers in churches, esp. one issued in the time of Edward VI., and a second, issued in the reign of Elizabeth; -- both books being certified to contain a "godly and wholesome doctrine."