2. One who kills another; a manslayer. Chaucer. Shak.

Hom"i*form (?), a. [L. homo man + -form.] In human form. [Obs.]

Cudworth.

Hom"i*lete (?), n. A homilist.

{ Hom`i*let"ic (?), Hom`i*let"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F.

homilÈtique. See Homily.] 1. Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse;

social; affable; conversable; companionable. [R.]

His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not those lazy,

sullen ones of the cloister.

Atterbury.

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