'Homiletic' definitions:
Definition of 'homiletic'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of the nature of a homily or sermon [syn: homiletic, homiletical]
adjective
Of or relating to homiletics; "homiletic speech" [syn: homiletic, homiletical]
Definition of 'Homiletic'
From: GCIDE
- Homiletic \Hom`i*let"ic\, Homiletical \Hom`i*let"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. homil['e]tique. See Homily.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not those lazy, sullen ones of the cloister. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory. [1913 Webster]