Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The study of the symbols and mysterious rites of antiquity.
  • noun That branch of theology which treats of the history and matter of Christian creeds and confessions of faith.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Theol.) The study of ancient symbols.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The study of ancient symbols;
  • noun theology The study of that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith;
  • noun Symbolism;
  • noun also called symbolic.

Etymologies

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From French symbolique or Latin symbolicus, from Ancient Greek συμβολικός (symbolikos) "of or belonging to a symbol".

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