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typology

[ tahy-pol-uh-jee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the doctrine or study of types or prefigurative symbols, especially in scriptural literature.
a systematic classification or study of types.
symbolism.
Linguistics. the study and classification of languages according to structural features, especially patterns of phonology, morphology, and syntax, without reference to their histories.

typology

/ taɪˈpɒlədʒɪ; ˌtaɪpəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

Christian theol the doctrine or study of types or of the correspondence between them and the realities which they typify

ty·po·log·i·cal [tahy-p, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], typo·logic adjective
typo·logi·cal·ly adverb
ty·polo·gist noun

First recorded in 1835–45; typo- + -logy

These tended to be Republicans of the old school: the country-club types, to use a perhaps outdated typology.

What a marvelous unfolding of Old Testament typology in the Hebrews!

Irenus follows Justin in making the angels mix with the daughters of men, and also in his absurd typology.

It merely points up the fact that Western terminology and typology might be rexamined.

Variant—in projectile point typology a variation of the type described as of the original series.

Typology (L)—a study of arrangement of specimens separated into types.

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