homiletics

[hom-uh-let-iks]

noun (used with a singular verb)

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

Origin of homiletics

First recorded in 1820–30; see origin at homiletic, -ics

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These subjects he has continued to teach ever since, with the addition, since 1872, of Homiletics.
The Canadian Portrait Gallery Volume 3
John Charles Dent
His Homiletics and Pastoral Theology have already become text-books in many theological seminaries.
History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology
John F. Hurst
Ideals are useful (a) in homiletics, which are chiefly occupied with attempts at suggestion.
Folkways
William Graham Sumner
This elaborate course on homiletics and pastoral theology may be said almost to exhaust the subject.
British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIII
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British Dictionary definitions for homiletics

homiletics

noun

(functioning as singular) the art of preaching or writing sermons

Word Origin for homiletics

C17: from Greek homilētikos cordial, from homilein to converse with; see homily

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Word Origin and History for homiletics

1830, from homiletic; also see -ics.