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homily
homily
noun
Definition of HOMILY
1
a public speech usually by a member of the clergy for the purpose of giving moral guidance or uplift <last Sunday's homily was about being kind to your neighbors>
Synonyms homily
2
an idea or expression that has been used by many people <a TV movie filled with the usual hokey homilies about people triumphing over life's adversities>
Synonyms banality, bromide, chestnut, cliché (also cliche), groaner, homily, platitude, shibboleth, trope, truism
Related Words conventional wisdom, party line, routine; inanity; generality, generalization, simplification; adage, proverb, saw, saying; old wives' tale, stereotype
Near Antonyms profundity
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