pyramidologicaladj.
/ˌpɪrəmᵻdəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈˌpɪrəmədəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ Of or relating to the study of the Egyptian pyramids, or to a belief in their occult or religious significance. Cf. pyramidology n.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > [adjective] > relating to pyramidology
pyramidological1883
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [adjective] > pyramidology
pyramidological1883
1883 W. M. F. Petrie Pyramids & Temples of Gizeh 3 [A] remeasurement of the length of the Base-sides of the Great Pyramid [is] itself an essential preliminary to almost all other Pyramidological researches.
1954 A. Huxley Let. 12 Dec. (1969) 719 What may be called the Baconian-pyramidological-cryptographic-spiritualist-theosophical syndrome afflicts a large percentage of the human race.
1972 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 76 330/1 The long line of pyramidological revelations has received a further addition.
1992 Isis 83 600 In his Exact Sciences in Antiquity Neugebauer did not argue with the pyramidological school.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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