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devotion
English
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Etymology
From Old French devocion, from Latin d?v?ti?, from d?v?tum +? -tio, from the supine of d?vove? (“vow, devote”); equivalent to devote +? -ion.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??v????n/
- (US) IPA(key): /d??vo???n/
Noun
devotion (usually uncountable, plural devotions)
- (uncountable) The act or state of devoting or being devoted.
- (uncountable) Feeling of strong or fervent affection; dedication
- (uncountable) Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.
- (countable, ecclesiastical) A prayer (often found in the plural)
- (in the plural, obsolete) Religious offerings; alms.
Translations
Middle French
Noun
devotion f (plural devotions)
- devotion (quality of being devoted)
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homily
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English omel?, omel?e, omelye, from Old French omelie and Ecclesiastical Latin homilia, omilia (“homily”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (homilía, “homily; instruction”), from ?????? (hóm?los, “crowd, throng”) + -??? (-í?, “suffix forming abstract feminine nouns”). ?????? is derived from ???? (homós, “common; same”) + ????? (??l?, “crowd”) (from ???? (eíl?, “to aggregate”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h?m?li/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /?h?m?li/
- Hyphenation: hom?i?ly
Noun
homily (plural homilies)
- (Christianity) A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.
- A moralizing lecture.
- A platitude.
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Translations
Etymology 2
Adverb
homily (comparative more homily, superlative most homily)
- In a homey manner.
- 1980, Stephen King, Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game
- Rocky handed it [the beer] to Bob, whose demurrals petered out as he held the can's cold actuality in his hand. It bore the smiling face of Lynn Swann. He opened it. Leo farted homily to close the transaction.
- 1980, Stephen King, Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game
References
Further reading
- homily on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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