metatheologicaladj.
/ˌmɛtəˌθiːəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈˌmɛdəˌθiəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ Of or relating to metatheology (metatheology n. 2). Also: beyond or outside (the scope of) theology.
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metatheological1963
1963 Mind 72 369 In recent years a number of analyses of theological discourse have been..elaborated... However,..none..has won very wide-spread approval among philosophers... This metatheological situation would seem..to be best remedied if [etc.].
1969 R. S. Heimbeck Theol. & Meaning i. 20 Since 1955, the quantity of metatheological literature has multiplied many times over.
1992 Nous 24 281 That is not a theological issue but rather a meta-theological or, more simply, a philosophical one.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1963- to take to pledge
- to steer small
- to stem back
- to stem one's course
- to stencil out
- to step and
- to step aside
- to step astray, awry, beside
- to step back
- to step between
- to step betwixt
- to step down
- to step foot in
- to step forth
- to step forward
- to step in
- to step into
- to step into the shoes of
- to step it
- to step lively
- to step music
- to step occasionally also trip on one's cock
- to step off
- to step on
- to step on etc the gas