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homiletic
CIDE DICTIONARY
homiletic, a. [Gr. : cf. F. homilétique. See Homily.].
- Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable. [1913 Webster]"His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not those lazy, sullen ones of the cloister." [1913 Webster]
- Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
homiletic, adj. & n.
--adj. of homilies.
--n. (usu. in pl.) the art of preaching.
--adj. of homilies.
--n. (usu. in pl.) the art of preaching.
Etymology
LL homileticus f. Gk homiletikos f. homileo hold converse, consort (as HOMILY)
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