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A sermon's earnest cousin: less hellfire, more how-to-live, served Sunday-warm.
means A short religious talk explaining a scripture passage and its lessons for everyday life.
from From Greek homilia, a gathering or conversation among a crowd — preaching born as company, not lecture.
Crowd rootsGreek homilos meant an assembled throng of people.
Sermon splitTechnically explains scripture; sermons can roam freely anywhere.
Drifted meaningNow also any tedious moralizing lecture you escape.