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homiletics

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables
homilet-ics
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁμιλητική (homilētikḗ). Compare ὅμιλος (hómilos, “crowd, throng”), ὁμῑλέω (homīléō, “to be with, to talk”), and ομιλώ (omilṓ, “to talk”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ὁμιλητική

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

homily

Questions

What does homiletics mean?
The art of preaching (especially the application of rhetoric in theology).
Where does homiletics come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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