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
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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Still another approach is taken by three Dutch theologians, Fathers B. Peters, T. Beemer and C. van der Poel, writing in a recent issue of the Homiletic and Pastoral Review.
From Time Magazine Archive
"So far, fine," says Father Kelly in the Homiletic & Pastoral Review.
From Time Magazine Archive
A colleague of Communications Theorist Marshall McLuhan at Fordham University, Father Schillaci presented his vision of the sermon of the future to a meeting in Toronto last week of the Catholic Homiletic Society.
From Time Magazine Archive
He also raised money from conservatives to buy the 77-year-old priests' monthly, Homiletic and Pastoral Review.
From Time Magazine Archive
Appreciative thanks are expressed to the Editors of the Homiletic Review for permission to reprint some of the extracts.
From Talks on Talking by Kleiser, Grenville
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