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homiletical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /hɒmɪˈlɛtɪkəl/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁμιλητικός (homilētikós, “conversable”). Sense 2 from homiletic + -al.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) social or companionable.
2. Of or relating to homiletics; homiletic; hortatory.
   • The Talmud offers a homiletical etymology that the word AMeN is composed of the initial letters of Ayl Melekh Ne'eman. 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 296:

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