tropology
noun
tro·pol·o·gy
trōˈpäləjē
plural -es
1
a
: a figurative mode of speech or writing
b
: a mode of biblical interpretation stressing a moral meaning inhering in the metaphorical character of language
2
: a treatise on or compilation of tropes
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin tropologia, from Late Greek, from tropos trope (from Greek, turn, manner, style) + Greek -logia -logy
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b