different between recommendation vs homily
recommendation
English
Etymology
From Middle English recommendacion, from Anglo-Norman recomendacion, from Medieval Latin recommendatio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???k?m?n?de???n/, /???k?m?n?de???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
recommendation (countable and uncountable, plural recommendations)
- An act of recommending.
- That which is recommended.
- A commendation or endorsement.
- Your next employer may require a recommendation.
- A suggestion or proposal about the best course of action (with adpositions including "about" for the context and "to" for the course of action)
- He made a recommendation about what food to order.
- We followed the recommendation to order sushi.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:advice
Translations
See also
- recommend
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- how to increase achievement motivation
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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.
Related terms
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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- what's the homily today
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