Get to know Homiletics better with 2 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like theology or divinity.
Homiletics meaning
The art of preaching (especially the application of rhetoric in theology).
Using Homiletics
- The main meaning on this page is: The art of preaching (especially the application of rhetoric in theology).
- Useful related words include: theology, divinity, art, artistry.
- In the example corpus, homiletics often appears in combinations such as: of homiletics.
Context around Homiletics
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Homiletics
- In this selection, "homiletics" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, expressing stand out and add context to how "homiletics" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include department of homiletics and has and professor of homiletics expressing complete. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "homiletics" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with homiletics
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Melanchthon exerted a wide influence in the department of homiletics, and has been regarded as the author, in the Protestant Church, of the methodical style of preaching. (27 words)
In 1941, the faculty illustrated its distaste with Kaplan by penning a unanimous letter to the professor of homiletics, expressing complete disgust with Kaplan's The New Haggadah for the Passover Seder. (32 words)
In 1941, the faculty illustrated its distaste with Kaplan by penning a unanimous letter to the professor of homiletics, expressing complete disgust with Kaplan's The New Haggadah for the Passover Seder. (32 words)
Melanchthon exerted a wide influence in the department of homiletics, and has been regarded as the author, in the Protestant Church, of the methodical style of preaching. (27 words)
Example sentences (2)
In 1941, the faculty illustrated its distaste with Kaplan by penning a unanimous letter to the professor of homiletics, expressing complete disgust with Kaplan's The New Haggadah for the Passover Seder.
Melanchthon exerted a wide influence in the department of homiletics, and has been regarded as the author, in the Protestant Church, of the methodical style of preaching.
Common combinations with homiletics
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of homiletics 2×