homiletics C2 Topic:Technology & Computing Freq #1138270 Meanings 1 noun The art of preaching (especially the application of rhetoric in theology). 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. Etymology From Ancient Greek ὁμιλητική (homilētikḗ). Compare ὅμιλος (hómilos, “crowd, throng”), ὁμῑλέω (homīléō, “to be with, to talk”), and ομιλώ (omilṓ, “to talk”). Topics Technology & Computing Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # homiletics **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **Frequency rank:** 1138270 ## Meanings 1. The art of preaching (especially the application of rhetoric in theology). ## 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. ## Etymology From Ancient Greek ὁμιλητική (homilētikḗ). Compare ὅμιλος (hómilos, “crowd, throng”), ὁμῑλέω (homīléō, “to be with, to talk”), and ομιλώ (omilṓ, “to talk”). ## Topics - Technology & Computing - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown