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[Eng. homicid ( e ); -al. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a homicide; murderous, deadly, bloody. "The troop forth i uing from the dark rece , With homicidal rage, the king oppre ." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, iv. 718. 2. Inclined to homicide; as, homicidal mania (q. v.). homicidal-mania, s. Path.: A species of moral insanity in which there is an irresistible tendency to take the life of one or more human beings. Called also andro phono mania. of any age or sex, without justification or excuse. This may be done either by killing one's self or another man." -Black stone: Comment., bk. iv., ch. 14. form, shape.] Having the form of a man; in *hom-i-form, a . [Lat. homo a man, and form a human shape. hom-1-let-Ic, a. & s. homilia =a homily (q. v.).] [ Greek homilētikos , from A. As adjective : 1. Pertaining to familiar intercourse; conversa- tional, companionable, familiar. 2. Pertaining or relating to homiletics; hortatory. B. As subst.: [HOMILETICS.] homiletic-theology, s. The same as HOMILET- ICs (q. v.). hom-i-lět-ics, s. preaching, so far as this is an art; sacred eloquence; the method of addre ing an audience on the high- est subjects which, with the Divine ble ing, is the intellect of the hearers. most likely to affect the consciences, the hearts, and *hom-11-1-är-I-ŭm, s. [Low Lat., from Lat. homilia a homily.] A collection of homilies. Used specially of a book of homilies i ued in the eighth century by or under the auspices of Charlemagne. ( Mosheim , .) hom-i-list, *hom-e-list, s . [English homil ( y ); preacher. -ist .] The writer or composer of homilies; a "To this good home list I have been ever stubborn."- Beaum. & Flet .: Scornful Lady , iv. living together, instruction, meeting, a embly, a hom-1-lỹ, s . [Lat. homilia , from Gr. homilia = homily, a sermon.] for a discourse read from a book, as distinguished 2. In modern times : The term has often been used homœomer iæ sermon was prepared, were published in England by authority in 1547 and 1562. The first is attributed mainly to Cranmer and the latter to Jewell. "Homilies were a third kind of readings usual in former times; a most commendable institution, as well then to supply the casual, as now the nece ary defect of sermons."- Hooker . 3. Now : Often used for a simple discourse of the preacher's own composition on some practical subject. 4. Fig .: A tedious exhortation by any one, a father for instance, on some moral point. IMG:content-1234.png:[blocks in formation] hom-ing, a . [Eng. hom(e); -ing.] Coming or returning home; specifically applied to such birds as the carrier-pigeon, which have the faculty of returning home from great distances to the place where they are reared or kept. hom in (is); fem. pl. adj. suff. -ide.] [HOMO.] hom-in-I-dæ, s. pl. [ Latin homo, genitive Zool., .: A family sometimes constituted for the reception of Homo or man. Now more generally (q. v.). called by Prof. Huxley and others Anthropide hom-i-ný, subst . [West Indian auhaminea = parched corn.] Maize hulled and coarsely ground, used as food when mixed with water and boiled or baked. hỗ-mō ( pl. hăm-I-nēs), s. (Lat.=a human being, including a man, woman, or child.] Anthropol., Zool., .: Linnæus' name for the crowning genus of the cla Mammal i a. He makes it include two species: Homo sapiens , or man, and his order Bimana to man. H. troglodytes, or the chimpanzee. Cuvier limited cludes the chimpanzee and other apes from the family Anthropide of the order Primates, and relegates them to the Simiade. [ANTHROPIDE.] IMG:content-1235.png:[blocks in formation] tron=a center.] Having the same center; concenhăm-o-çen-tric, a. [Pref. homo-, and Gr. kentric.