Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The doctrine of the Logos.
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- noun obsolete Scientific study of
words . - noun The study of
logos . - noun The study of words for recreational purposes with an emphasis on
letter patterns . - noun religion The study of words in search for
divine truth , comparenumerology .
Etymologies
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logo- + -ology
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Examples
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Logos-doctrine of John's Gospel, for this logology has seemed to afford support to the Arian and Athanasian formulae alike, and its interpretation is not settled.
The Theology of Schleiermacher: A Condensed Presentation of His Chief Work, "The Christian Faith" 1862-1929 1911
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If we broaden the Philonic approach to include images and figures of speech as well as the literal or referential materials of language, we may speak of the “logology” of poets and artists as well as of theologians and philosophers (Burke, Rhetoric of
Dictionary of the History of Ideas ANGUS FLETCHER 1968
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