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noun
The branch of theology concerned with the doctrines, role etc. of a church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The science of building and decorating churches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: theology, divinity
History
From ecclesio- + -logy. Coined by a writer of the British Critic in 1837, as ecclesialogy.
Across languages
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
