[syn: homiletic, homiletical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Homiletic \Hom`i*let"ic\, Homiletical \Hom`i*let"ic*al\, a. [Gr.
?: cf. F. homil['e]tique. See Homily.]
1. Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable;
conversable; companionable. [R.]
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His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not
those lazy, sullen ones of the cloister.
--Atterbury.
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2. Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
homiletic
adj 1: of the nature of a homily or sermon [syn: homiletic,
homiletical]
2: of or relating to homiletics; "homiletic speech" [syn:
homiletic, homiletical]