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homilist|ˈhɒmɪlɪst|
[f. homily + -ist.]
One who writes or delivers homilies, or hortatory sermons; a preacher.
1616Beaum. & Fl. Scornf. Lady iv. i, To this good homilist I have been ever stubborn, which God forgive me for and mend my manners. 1642Hales Schism 7 What if the Homilist have Preached, or delivered any Doctrine, of the Truth of which we are not well perswaded? 1849Rock Ch. of Fathers I. i. 22 We have the testimony of the homilist ælfric. 1882Farrar in Contemp. Rev. XLII. 807 Among the classic homilists of the English Church.
Hence homiˈlistical a., characteristic of a homilist.
1659Gauden Tears Ch. Eng. 621 Armed..onely for the preaching or Homilisticall flourishes of a Pulpit. |