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Homily

British pronunciation/hˈɒməlˌi/
American pronunciation/ˈhɑməɫi/
Homily
[NOUN]
1

a speech or a piece of writing that is meant to advise people on the correct way of behaving

synonyms : preachment
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Examples
1That's homily.
2At some point later in 2014, I heard a homily by the pope, a new pope, Pope Francis.
3I quoted to you at length from the Tudor Homily on Obedience first published in 1547 with its stress on hierarchy, degree, order, subordination, and obedience.
4Are you tired of these homilies, these warnings, these studies that say we have lost touch?
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