Homiletic: alternatives and connections

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Homiletic

Alt. of Homiletical

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Homily 74% connected

A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Homily 74% connected

A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse.

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Homiletics 66% connected

The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.

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Homily 66% connected

A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse.

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Homiletical 92% connected

Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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