homiletical

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁμιλητικός (homilētikós, “conversable”). Sense 2 from homiletic +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɒmɪˈlɛtɪkəl/

Adjective

homiletical (comparative more homiletical, superlative most homiletical)

1. (obsolete) social or companionable.
2. Of or relating to homiletics; homiletic; hortatory.
   • 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 296:

     The Talmud offers a homiletical etymology that the word AMeN is composed of the initial letters of Ayl Melekh Ne'eman.

Further reading

• “homiletical”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “homiletical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.