Book of Homilies

A collection of authorized, printed sermons, to be read by ministers in churches, esp. one issued in the time of Edward VI., and a second, issued in the reign of Elizabeth; - both books being certified to contain a "godly and wholesome doctrine."

See also: Homily

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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