HOMILY in a Sentence

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1. It shows itself in acts rather than in words, and has more influence than homilies or protestations.

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 Meanings and Examples of HOMILY
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homily
 n.  a religious discourse that is intended primarily for spiritual edification, sermon
Classic Sentence:
1  No company, a walk, a family dinner of four, and an evening of looking over books and pictures; Miss Murdstone with a homily before her, and her eye upon us, keeping guard vigilantly.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26. I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY
2  It shows itself in acts rather than in words, and has more influence than homilies or protestations.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
Example Sentence:
1  It is a computer-tweaked facsimile, into whose mouth has been put a not-entirely serious homily about Belgium's carbon emissions.