homiletic

[hom-uh-let-ik]

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adjective

of or relating to preaching or to homilies.

of the nature of a homily.

of or relating to homiletics.

Also hom·i·let·i·cal.

Origin of homiletic

1635–45; < Greek homīlētikós affable, equivalent to homīlē- (variant stem of homīleîn to converse with; see homily) + -tikos -tic

Related formshom·i·let·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·hom·i·let·ic, adjectiveun·hom·i·let·ic, adjectiveun·hom·i·let·i·cal, adjectiveun·hom·i·let·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Related Words for homiletic

didactic, disciplinary, expository, instructional, instructive, moralizing, preaching, teaching, admonitory, edifying, doctrinal, sermonic

Examples from the Web for homiletic

Historical Examples of homiletic

It is a popular work, written with a practical purpose, ethical and homiletic in tone and style.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy
Isaac Husik
Nemcova's renderings are too often diffuse and inconsequential, Kulda's dry, pedantic, and homiletic.
The Shoemaker's Apron
Parker Fillmore
It is a sort of Biblical hermeneutic, in which homiletic questions are also dealt with.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 8
Various
Other than quantitive changes are not noticed, except as provocations to homiletic discourse.
The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays
Thorstein Veblen
There is a poetic half, let us say a homiletic half, what we call Agada, as distinct from the legal portion called Halacha.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala
Various

British Dictionary definitions for homiletic

homiletic

homiletical

adjective

of or relating to a homily or sermon

of, relating to, or characteristic of homiletics

Derived Formshomiletically, adverb

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Word Origin and History for homiletic

adj.

1640s, "of or having to do with sermons," from Late Latin homileticus, from Greek homiletikos "of conversation, affable," from homelein "associate with," from homilos (see homily).