homiletics

[ hom-uh-let-iks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

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

homiletics

/ ˌhɒmɪˈlɛtɪks /

noun

1. functioning as singular the art of preaching or writing sermons

Word History and Origins

Origin of homiletics¹

First recorded in 1820–30; homiletic, -ics

Word History and Origins

Origin of homiletics¹

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

Example Sentences

He was studying for his doctorate in homiletics, the art of preaching, when in 1947 he taught a religion course at Morehouse College in Atlanta.

From Washington Post

Ms. Florence cited research done by her colleague Charles Campbell, a professor of homiletics at Duke Divinity School, to point out that there is a long tradition of street preachers who preach naked.

From New York Times

The movie’s airtight homiletics are the antithesis of ambiguity.

From The New Yorker

We have enough paper pushers and machine maintainers and meeting managers and administrative advisors and email extroverts and full-time Facebook folks, but do we have any dreamers here at the festival of homiletics?

From Time

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