homilize

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verb

To deliver a homily.

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Meanings

verbhomilize (third-person singular simple present homilizes, present participle homilizing, simple past and past participle homilized)

present singular third person homilizes · participle present homilizing · participle past homilized · past homilized

  1. intransitiveTo deliver a homily.

    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.

    1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 19

Origin

From homily + -ize.

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APA

homilize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homilize

MLA

“homilize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homilize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homilize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homilize.

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