HOMILETICALLY

Etymology

Adverb

homiletically (comparative more homiletically, superlative most homiletically)

In a homiletic fashion.

Source: Wiktionary


HOMILETIC

Hom`i*let"ic, Hom`i*let"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. homilétique. See Homily.]

1. Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable. [R.] His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not those lazy, sullen ones of the cloister. Atterbury.

2. Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory.

HOMILETICAL

Hom`i*let"ic, Hom`i*let"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. homilétique. See Homily.]

1. Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable. [R.] His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not those lazy, sullen ones of the cloister. Atterbury.

2. Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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