homileticaladj.
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homiletical1668
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1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. viii. 206 Conversations, or the right Demeanour of our selves considered as Members of Society, in our converse with others; the due managing of the common Affairs and Businesses of life..These are commonly called Homiletical Vertues.
1687 F. Atterbury Answer Considerations Spirit Luther 68 His virtues active chiefly and homilitical, not those lazy sullen ones of the cloyster.
1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 92 To yield some compliance and conformity with the Humours and Dispositions of those with whom we Converse; for this is a necessary part of Homilitical Vertue.
2. = homiletic adj.
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1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. iv. 301 A less homiletical form, and a comparative absence of scriptural quotation..are the chief distinctions.
1849 J. Stephen Ess. Eccl. Biogr. (1850) II. 74 Whitfield's homiletical labours, during each of his next five and thirty years.
Derivatives
homiˈletically adv. after the manner of a homily or sermon.
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1867 Deutsch Talmud in Q. Rev. Oct. 427 Tho' it might be explained homiletically or otherwise in innumerable new ways.
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