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ghostology|gəʊˈstɒlədʒɪ| [badly f. ghost n. + -ology.] Ghost-lore.
1824J. McCulloch Scotland II. 222 The mere ghostology being of a neutral character might escape all dangerous criticism. 1853Tait's Mag. XX. 417 Clairvoyants, rappists, connoisseurs in ghostology, and such-like mystery⁓mongers. 1864Hawthorne S. Felton (1883) 294 More unaccountable than if it had been a thing of ghostology and witchcraft. 1869Contemp. Rev. X. 295 There are Mormonisms and spirit-rappings and ghostologies without end. |