homiletics

American

[hom-uh-let-iks] / ˌhɒm əˈlɛt ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

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

homiletics British

/ ˌhɒmɪˈlɛtɪks /

noun

(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

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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

Courses are short on arts but long on fundamentalism, homiletics and crowd psychology.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sanders kept up this running fire of criticism at every service, cutting to the bone, at every blow, and giving me new light on homiletics, if he did not promote my enjoyment of the preaching.

From California Sketches, Second Series by O. P. Fitzgerald

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