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homilizing

homilizing is the present participle and gerund of homilize.

Meaning of homilize

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

Questions about homilizing

What is homilizing the present participle and gerund of?
Homilizing is the present participle and gerund of homilize.

Words near homilizing in the dictionary

  1. homilists
  2. homilite
  3. homilize
  4. homilized
  5. homilizes
  6. homilizing
  7. homily
  8. homina
  9. homination
  10. hominess
  11. homing

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