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homiletics

American

[hom-uh-let-iks] / ˌhɒm əˈlɛt ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

the art of preaching; the branch of practical theology that treats of homilies or sermons.

homiletics British

/ ˌhɒmɪˈlɛtɪks /

noun

(functioning as singular) the art of preaching or writing sermons

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Etymology

Origin of homiletics

First recorded in 1820–30; see origin at homiletic, -ics

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For their screenplay of Think Like a Man, Keith Merryman and David A. Newman took a more modest approach, creating characters with different humors to embody Harvey’s homiletics.

From Time ● Apr. 19, 2012

It was Lutheran Theological Seminary at Mount Airy, Philadelphia, where his grandfather Jacob had been professor of homiletics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Courses are short on arts but long on fundamentalism, homiletics and crowd psychology.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Ship of Fools, a 15th century compilation of doggerel homiletics by a German satirist named Sebastian Brant, warns that Plato too suppressed his rage And Socrates, for they were sage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its function as a species of popular homiletics made it necessary to appeal to the emotions.

From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Israel Abrahams

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