homiletics C2 Topic:Communication 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 Communication External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Communication markdown