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homilize

homilize verb: to deliver a homily.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To 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

Forms of homilize

third-person singular presenthomilizes
present participlehomilizing
past participlehomilized
pasthomilized

Origin of homilize

From homily + -ize.

Questions about homilize

What does homilize mean?
Homilize means to deliver a homily.
What part of speech is homilize?
Homilize is a verb.
What is the past tense of homilize?
The past tense of homilize is homilized.

Words near homilize in the dictionary

  1. homiliary
  2. homilies
  3. homilist
  4. homilists
  5. homilite
  6. homilize
  7. homilized
  8. homilizes
  9. homilizing
  10. homily
  11. homina

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