English
homiletics
Homiletics comes from Ancient Greek ὁμιλητική.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁμιλητικήhomilētikḗ
- Englishearliest quotation 1854homiletics
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁμιλητικήhomilētikḗ
- Englishearliest quotation 1854homiletics
Earliest quotation: 1854, A. Vinet, Homiletics; or: “We will consider first what is common to Rhetoric…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek ὁμιλητική
Today it means
noun The art of preaching (especially the application of rhetoric in theology).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ὁμιλητική / homiletics