Homilize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To deliver a homily. intransitive

    "They [the sages] either exhausted themselves in praising the music of the Levites or in homilizing on the musical terminology as well as on the names of the instruments."

Synonyms

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preachsermonize

Example

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"They [the sages] either exhausted themselves in praising the music of the Levites or in homilizing on the musical terminology as well as on the names of the instruments."

Etymology

From homily + -ize.

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