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Homiletics — • Lengthy historical article. Includes extensive bibliography Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Homiletics Homiletics † … Catholic encyclopedia
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peroration — I noun address, bombast, declamation, discourse, epilogus, formal speech, grandiloquence, homily, lecture, magniloquence, monologue, oration, oratorical display, orotundity, peroratio, prelection, prepared speech, public address, recitation,… … Law dictionary
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