different between direction vs homily

English

Etymology

From Middle English direccioun, from Old French direccion, from Latin d?r?cti?. Equivalent to direct +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d(a)????k.??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

direction (countable and uncountable, plural directions)

1. A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     Just before Warwick reached Liberty Point, a young woman came down Front Street from the direction of the market-house. When their paths converged, Warwick kept on down Front Street behind her, it having been already his intention to walk in this direction.

2. A general trend for future action.
3. Guidance, instruction.

4. The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.

5. (dated) The body of persons who guide or manage a matter; the directorate.
6. (archaic) A person's address.
   • 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, page 218:

     Her aunt Leonella was still at Cordova, and she knew not her direction.

Derived terms

Related terms

• direct

Translations

Anagrams

• cretinoid

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?r?cti?, d?r?cti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.??k.sj??/

Noun

direction f (plural directions)

1. (spatial) direction
2. (figuratively) direction
3. government
4. (figuratively) the director of the administration/organisation
5. (occasional, figurative) the territory administered by a government

Derived terms

• direction assistée

Related terms

• directeur
• diriger

Descendants

• ? Turkish: direksiyon

Further reading

• “direction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

direction (plural directiones)

1. direction (orientation, point where one is headed)
2. direction, leadership, control, supervision

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English omel?, omel?e, omelye, from Old French omelie and Ecclesiastical Latin homilia, omilia (“homily”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (homilía, “homily; instruction”), from ?????? (hóm?los, “crowd, throng”) + -??? (-í?, “suffix forming abstract feminine nouns”). ?????? is derived from ???? (homós, “common; same”) + ????? (??l?, “crowd”) (from ???? (eíl?, “to aggregate”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?m?li/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?h?m?li/
• Hyphenation: hom?i?ly

Noun

homily (plural homilies)

1. (Christianity) A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.
2. A moralizing lecture.
3. A platitude.

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Translations

Etymology 2

Adverb

homily (comparative more homily, superlative most homily)

1. In a homey manner.
   • 1980, Stephen King, Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game

     Rocky handed it [the beer] to Bob, whose demurrals petered out as he held the can's cold actuality in his hand. It bore the smiling face of Lynn Swann. He opened it. Leo farted homily to close the transaction.

References

Further reading

• homily on Wikipedia.Wikipedia