homi

n. [ F., fr. L. homicidium, fr. homicida a man slayer; homo man + caedere to cut, kill. See Homage, and cf. Concise, Shed, v. t. ] 1. The killing of one human being by another. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Homicide is of three kinds: justifiable, as when the killing is performed in the exercise of a right or performance of a duty; excusable, as when done, although not as duty or right, yet without culpable or criminal intent; and felonious, or involving what the law terms malice; the latter may be either manslaughter or murder. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who kills another; a manslayer. Chaucer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. homo man + -form. ] In human form. [ Obs. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A homilist.

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. homilétique. See Homily. ] 1. Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not those lazy, sullen ones of the cloister. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. homilétique. ] The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who prepares homilies; one who preaches to a congregation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Gr. &unr_; to be in company with. ] (Min.) A borosilicate of iron and lime, near datolite in form and composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Homilies [ LL. homilia, Gr. &unr_; communion, assembly, converse, sermon, fr. &unr_; an assembly, fr. &unr_; same; cf. &unr_; together, and &unr_; crowd, cf. &unr_; to press: cf. F. homélie. See Same. ] 1. A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life. [ 1913 Webster ]

As I have heard my father
Deal out in his long homilies. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Book of Homilies. A collection of authorized, printed sermons, to be read by ministers in churches, esp. one issued in the time of Edward VI., and a second, issued in the reign of Elizabeth; -- both books being certified to contain a “godly and wholesome doctrine.” [ 1913 Webster ]