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homiletic

American  
[hom-uh-let-ik] / ˌhɒm əˈlɛt ɪk /
Also homiletical

adjective

  1. of or relating to preaching or to homilies.

  2. of the nature of a homily.

  3. of or relating to homiletics.


homiletic British  
/ ˌhɒmɪˈlɛtɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a homily or sermon

  2. of, relating to, or characteristic of homiletics

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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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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