homilist

hom·i·list

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hom-uh-list]
- /ˈhɒm ə lɪst/
- /ˈhɒmɪlɪst /

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hom-uh-list]
- /ˈhɒm ə lɪst/

Definitions of homilist word

noun homilist a person who writes or delivers homilies. 1
noun homilist One who prepares homilies; one who preaches to a congregation. 1
noun homilist one who delivers a sermon or homily (sense 1) 0

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Origin of homilist

First appearance:

before 1610

One of the 40% oldest English words

First recorded in 1610-20; homil(y) + -ist

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Parts of speech for Homilist

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Homilist

homilist popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

homilist usage trend in Literature

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