homiletics

American  

[hom-uh-let-iks] / ˌhɒm əˈlɛt ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

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

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homiletics British  

/ ˌhɒmɪˈlɛtɪks /

noun

1. (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

Example Sentences

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

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

Thirty years ago in homiletics, he was teaching us not only the Scriptures but also Grapes of Wrath and Scarlet Sister Mary.

From Time Magazine Archive

Clyde Fant of the First Baptist Church in Richardson, Texas, a former homiletics teacher, notes that even then folks found fault with the state of the pulpit.

From Time Magazine Archive

It may be much the same in the case of homiletics.

From The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching by Jackson, J. Dodd (James Dodd)