a. and sb. [ad. Gr. type *κηρυστικός, f. κηρύσσειν to preach.] a. adj. Relating to, of the nature of, preaching. b. sb. in pl. The study of preaching.
1882–3. Schaff, Encycl. Relig. Knowl., II. 1011. Some … have discarded the term ‘homiletics’ altogether, and substituted in its stead, as more comprehensive, ‘kerystics.’
