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Italian
Etymology
From Old French omelie, from Late Latin homīlia, from Ancient Greek ὁμιλία (homilía, “conversation; sermon”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.meˈli.a/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: o‧me‧lì‧a
Noun
omelia f (plural omelie)
- homily, sermon
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
omēlia f (genitive omēliae); first declension
- (Late Latin) Alternative spelling of homīlia
References
- Souter, Alexander (1949) “omelia”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D., 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 276