homiletical

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Their influence will show, both in the liturgical and homiletical portions of public worship.

From Preaching and Paganism by Fitch, Albert Parker

Herder’s own homiletical style during this period, as evinced by the sermons preserved to us, betrays no trace of Sterne’s influence.

From Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century by Hewett-Thayer, Harvey W. (Harvey Waterman)

These words, which we treat, almost unconsciously, as the exaggeration of homiletical appeal, state no more than the sober possibility, the experience attained by many a Christian in circumstances of the greatest suffering and deprivation.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

The old-time minister, after he had exhorted the believers at considerable length, used to turn to a personage who for homiletical purposes was known as the Objector.

From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane

Indeed, most of their homiletical and illustrative material is still derived directly therefrom.

From The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by Griffis, William Elliot