different between homily vs reflection

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)

1. (Christianity) A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.
2. A moralizing lecture.
3. A platitude.

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Etymology 2

Adverb

homily (comparative more homily, superlative most homily)

1. 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.

References

Further reading

• homily on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• reflexion

Etymology

From Middle French reflexion, reflection, and its source Late Latin reflexio, from the participle stem of reflectere. The current spelling is influenced by reflect.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???fl?k??n/
• Hyphenation: re?flec?tion
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

reflection (countable and uncountable, plural reflections)

1. The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
2. The property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror).
3. Something, such as an image, that is reflected.

5. Careful thought or consideration.
6. An implied criticism.

7. (computing) The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.
8. (anatomy) The folding of a part; a fold.

Derived terms

Related terms

• reflect
• reflective
• reflector

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See also

• refraction
• diffraction