variants
or homiletical
as in sermonic
marked by or given to preaching moral values
tends to speak in homiletic aphorisms, which can be a little tiresome
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Recent Examples of homiletic
The preacher’s experience, insights and emotions all come into play when composing the homiletic text.
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Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 6 July 2023
There’s a word for this style of narrative preaching—homiletic.
—Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2021
That interpretation of Kipling’s homiletic verse required her to overlook its gender-specific language, which is directed exclusively to boys who want to be men.
—Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2019
There was no Jesus in that house, no Bible, no devotional materials of any kind, no crucifixes or homiletic asides, nothing.
—Stephen Metcalf, The New Yorker, 19 May 2017
Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 6 July 2023
There’s a word for this style of narrative preaching—homiletic.
—Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2021
That interpretation of Kipling’s homiletic verse required her to overlook its gender-specific language, which is directed exclusively to boys who want to be men.
—Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2019
There was no Jesus in that house, no Bible, no devotional materials of any kind, no crucifixes or homiletic asides, nothing.
—Stephen Metcalf, The New Yorker, 19 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homiletic
Adjective
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What should not be drawn for this research, at this point, the experts said, is prescriptive clinical guidance.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
29 Oct. 2025
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The pills scattered around the bathroom where she was found were not extensive or highly prescriptive.—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Much of Iran’s clandestine cinema, including some of Panahi’s earlier works, is didactic, focused on valorizing the victims of the regime’s injustices.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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It was considered immoral to lie and the whole point of writing things down back then was to increase morality and improve society, so there really is no didactic history of forgery.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Homiletic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homiletic. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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