homiletic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to preaching or to homilies.
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of the nature of a homily.
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of or relating to homiletics.
adjective
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of or relating to a homily or sermon
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of, relating to, or characteristic of homiletics
Other Word Forms
- homiletically adverb
- nonhomiletic adjective
- unhomiletic adjective
- unhomiletical adjective
- unhomiletically adverb
Etymology
Origin of homiletic
1635–45; < Greek homīlētikós affable, equivalent to homīlē- (variant stem of homīleîn to converse with; see homily) + -tikos -tic
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Example Sentences
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Another did what many pastors do — she added her own homiletic gloss to the argument.
From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2022
The latest Pixar event is antic and unexpected as well as homiletic, rife with subversive elements, wacky critters, and some of the most beautiful landscapes ever seen in a computer animated feature.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2016
It wasn’t until 1958’s “Little Boy Blue,” a record inspired by the homiletic delivery of the Rev. C. L. Franklin, that Mr. Bland arrived at his trademark vocal technique.
From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2013
It is the beginning of a marvellous passage of writing, at once homiletic and imagistic.
From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2010
“It takes brains not to make money,” Colonel Cargill wrote in one of the homiletic memoranda he regularly prepared for circulation over General Peckem’s signature.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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