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symbology|sɪmˈbɒlədʒɪ|
[ad. mod.L. symbologia, shortened form for *symbolologia, f. Gr. σύµβολον symbol n.1: see -logy.]
The science or study of symbols; loosely, the use of symbols, or symbols collectively; symbolism.
1840De Quincey Essenes Wks. 1862 IX. 271 note, In the symbology of the Jewish ritual. 1853J. Mills (title) Sacred Symbology: or, An Inquiry into the Principles of Interpretation of the Prophetic Symbols. 1883Sinnett Esoteric Buddhism Pref. (1884) p. xv, Ideas..in more or less embarrassing disguise of mystic symbology. 1896E. P. Evans Anim. Symbolism v. 246 Whimseys of Ecclesiology and Symbology.
So symboˈlogical a., pertaining to symbology; symˈbologist, one versed in symbology (rare).
1864Webster, Symbological. Ibid., Symbologist. 1924Glasgow Herald 4 Apr. 13 Professor Stern returns to the attack upon this theory-mongering, always recalling the symbologists and complex-jargonists to a consideration of practical realities as a test of their deductions. 1976N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Apr. 29/2 He considered the Papal Bull of 1950 declaring the Assumption of the Virgin an article of faith to be the most important symbological event since the Reformation. |