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Homiletical

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

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Homiletics 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Homiletics 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Homily 66% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Homiletic 92% connected

Alt. of Homiletical

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Adhesiveness noun · 78% connection

Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, familiar, intercourse, social, affable.
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Adultery noun · 78% connection

The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or volunta…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, familiar, intercourse, social, affable.
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Antisocial adjective · 78% connection

Tending to interrupt or destroy social intercourse; averse to society, or hostile to its existence; as, antisocial principles.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, familiar, intercourse, social, affable.
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Associable adjective · 78% connection

Sociable; companionable.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, familiar, intercourse, social, affable.
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Aunty noun · 78% connection

A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, familiar, intercourse, social, affable.
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Boycott noun · 78% connection

The process, fact, or pressure of boycotting; a combining to withhold or prevent dealing or social intercourse with a tradesman, emplo…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, familiar, intercourse, social, affable.
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Ceremonial noun · 78% connection

A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts o…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, familiar, intercourse, social, affable.
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Colloquial adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloq…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, familiar, intercourse, social, affable.
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Commerce noun · 78% connection

Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.

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Communicate verb · 78% connection

To have intercourse or to be the means of intercourse; as, to communicate with another on business; to be connected; as, a communicati…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, familiar, intercourse, social, affable.
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Communion noun · 78% connection

Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence; interchange of t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, familiar, intercourse, social, affable.
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Companable adjective · 78% connection

Companionable; sociable.

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Companiable adjective · 78% connection

Companionable; sociable.

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Company noun · 78% connection

Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, familiar, intercourse, social, affable.
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Continent adjective · 78% connection

Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; c…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, familiar, intercourse, social, affable.
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Conversableness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being conversable; disposition to converse; sociability.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, familiar, intercourse, social, affable.
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Conversably adverb · 78% connection

In a conversable manner.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, familiar, intercourse, social, affable.
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Conversant adjective · 78% connection

(usually followed by ‘with’) well informed about or knowing thoroughly; "conversant with business trends"; "familiar with the complex…

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