homiletics









homiletics


homiletics [hom-uh-let-iks] ExamplesWord Origin noun (used with a singular verb)

  1. 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 Examples from the Web for homiletics Historical Examples of homiletics

  • 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

    Various

  • British Dictionary definitions for homiletics homiletics noun

    1. (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 Word Origin and History for homiletics n.

    1830, from homiletic; also see -ics.

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