omelia

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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)

  1. homily, sermon

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

omēlia f (genitive omēliae); first declension

  1. (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