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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

There is a good deal of homiletics and political woe-crying in his later letters, but Belloc was seldom a bore.

From Time Magazine Archive

Says Donald Macleod, who has taught homiletics at Princeton for 32 years: "The minds of listeners are geared to TV and the 30-second commercial."

From Time Magazine Archive

We have indeed some admirable homiletics of the worthy friar's in praise of the conduct and carriage of Master François Villon at the time of his unexpected exaltation.

From If I Were King by McCarthy, Justin