{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. homilétique. See Homily. ] 1. Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not those lazy, sullen ones of the cloister. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory. [ 1913 Webster ]