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heortology|hiːɔːˈtɒlədʒɪ|
[ad. G. heortologie, F. héortologie, f. Gr. ἑορτή feast: see -ology.]
The science or study of the origin, meaning, growth, and history of the religious feasts and seasons of the Christian year. Hence heortoˈlogical a., of or pertaining to heortology; heorˈtologist, one who studies heortology.
1900Expositor Nov. 348 We are to regard the statement of the calendars as the conjecture of a heortologist. 1901J. R. Harris in Soc. Hist. Theology 31 Oct. 5 The Study of Christian Heortology... The problems that belong to the region of Christian Heortology. 1913J. R. McKee (title) The Church's year, a handbook of heortology. 1918E. Bishop Liturg. Hist. 258 Recalling too how the recent heortologist Dr. Kellner considers that the mention of the feast in the Irish calendars does not prove the celebration of the feast. |