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noun
The art of preaching (especially the application of rhetoric in theology).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
the art of preaching
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: art, artistry, prowess
noun
the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: theology, divinity
History
From Ancient Greek ὁμιλητική (homilētikḗ). Compare ὅμιλος (hómilos, “crowd, throng”), ὁμῑλέω (homīléō, “to be with, to talk”), and ομιλώ (omilṓ, “to talk”).
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