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Meaning of homiletics | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The art of preaching (especially the application of rhetoric in theology).

uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Homiletik
Suomi homiletiikka
Français homilétique
Bahasa Indonesia homiletik homiletika
Italiano omiletica
Polski homiletyka
Português homilética
Svenska homiletik

Examples

“We will consider first what is common to Rhetoric and Homiletics, then what is special to the latter. Rhetoric is the genus, Homiletics the species.”
“Thus theology got on its legs, both as a science and as an art, and with it its faithful handmaiden, homiletics.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Homilies homilist homilite Homily homination hominess

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