homiletical

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

homiletical
    adj 1: of the nature of a homily or sermon [syn: {homiletic},
           {homiletical}]
    2: of or relating to homiletics; "homiletic speech" [syn:
       {homiletic}, {homiletical}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Homiletic \Hom`i*let"ic\, Homiletical \Hom`i*let"ic*al\, a. [Gr.
   ?: cf. F. homil['e]tique. See {Homily}.]
   1. Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable;
      conversable; companionable. [R.]
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            His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not
            those lazy, sullen ones of the cloister.
                                                  --Atterbury.
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   2. Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory.
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