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Homiletics Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Homiletics
(n.)
The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.
(n.)
The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.
| WordNet 2.0 |
homiletics
Noun
1. the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies
(hypernym) theology, divinity
2. the art of preaching
(hypernym) art, artistry, prowess
Noun
1. the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies
(hypernym) theology, divinity
2. the art of preaching
(hypernym) art, artistry, prowess
| The Devil's Dictionary |
HOMILETICS
Homiletics, (n.)
The science of adapting sermons to the spiritual needs, capacities and conditions of the congregation.
So skilled the parson was in homiletics
That all his normal purges and emetics
To medicine the spirit were compounded
With a most just discrimination founded
Upon a rigorous examination
Of tongue and pulse and heart and respiration.
Then, having diagnosed each one's condition,
His scriptural specifics this physician
Administered -- his pills so efficacious
And pukes of disposition so vivacious
That souls afflicted with ten kinds of Adam
Were convalescent ere they knew they had 'em.
But Slander's tongue -- itself all coated -- uttered
Her bilious mind and scandalously muttered
That in the case of patients having money
The pills were sugar and the pukes were honey.
"Biography of Bishop Potter"
Homiletics, (n.)
The science of adapting sermons to the spiritual needs, capacities and conditions of the congregation.
So skilled the parson was in homiletics
That all his normal purges and emetics
To medicine the spirit were compounded
With a most just discrimination founded
Upon a rigorous examination
Of tongue and pulse and heart and respiration.
Then, having diagnosed each one's condition,
His scriptural specifics this physician
Administered -- his pills so efficacious
And pukes of disposition so vivacious
That souls afflicted with ten kinds of Adam
Were convalescent ere they knew they had 'em.
But Slander's tongue -- itself all coated -- uttered
Her bilious mind and scandalously muttered
That in the case of patients having money
The pills were sugar and the pukes were honey.
"Biography of Bishop Potter"
| hEnglish - advanced version |
homiletics
homiletics
\hom`i*let"ics\ (?), n. [cf. f. homilétique.] the art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.
homiletics
\hom`i*let"ics\ (?), n. [cf. f. homilétique.] the art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.
Homiletics Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries