Homily
a sermon addressed to a congregation of people; a plain, familiar discourse on some religious topic. The Church, is the name given to a collection of sermons setting forth the principal doctrines of Christianity, and principles of Protestantism. The first part was published by Archbishop Cranmer in the reign of Edward VI., and the second by order of Convocation in that of Elizabeth.
HOMEOMERIA (hō-mē-ō-mē're-ä), the name given to the physical theory of Anaxagoras of Clazomenæ, who flourished in the 5th century B. C. According to this hypothesis, every material substance is made up of infinitely small parts similar to itself. This theory bears some resemblance to that of the monads of Leibnitz in modern times. every material HOMEOPATHY (hō-mē-op'ä-thē), the system of medicine which aims at curing diseases by administering medicines which produce symptoms similar to those which they are designed to remove.. The Latin dictum on the subject is "like cures like." Its founder was Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843); born in Meissen in Upper Saxony. In 1810 the head flies off and kills a bystander; he published "Organon of the Healing for the act is lawful, and the effect Art," in which he explained his system, is merely accidental. As prize-fighting calling it for the first time homœopathy. and sword-playing are unlawful, if Hahnemann and his followers have either of the parties engaged be killed, attempted experimentally to ascertain such killing is felony or manslaughter. what therapeutic agent to prescribe in Homicide in self-defense, from a sudden each case. Experience has shown them affray or quarrel, is rather excusable that the doses should be exceedingly than justifiable in the English law. minute. It has many advocates in the Felonious homicide is an act of a very different character from the two former, being the killing of a human creature, of any age or sex, without justification or excuse. It is divided into three classes-murder, manslaughter, and selfdestruction.
HOMILDON HILL (hom'il-don), a battlefield in England. In 1402 Earl Douglas at the head of 10,000 Scots had ravaged England as far as Newcastle, and was returning, when on Sept. 14 he was intercepted by an English army under Hotspur and the exiled Earl of March and Dunbar, and posted himself upon Homildon (Humbleton) Hill. Hotspur was eager for a headlong charge, but, by March's advice, the bowmen were set upon the Scots, who sustained an irretrievable defeat.
United States and abroad. Homœopathy is opposed to heteropathy or allopathy.