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angelology

American  
[ayn-juh-lol-uh-jee] / ˌeɪn dʒəˈlɒl ə dʒi /

noun

  1. a doctrine or theory concerning angels.


angelology British  
/ ˌeɪndʒəˈlɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. a doctrine or theory treating of angels

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of angelology

First recorded in 1745–55; angel + -o- + -logy


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Here in Britain, the ebbing of religious faith has combined with our insatiable taste for kitsch to desensitise us to the historic potency of angelology.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 21, 2012

It is assumed that “teleology, transcendental frequencies, theories of morphistic angelology, taxonomy” and so on are flatteringly familiar to Ms. Trussoni’s well-versed readers.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2010

It involves young angelology students who absorb lecture after lecture on pseudo-academic arcana.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2010

There are entries for acronyms, angelology, mnemonics, numbers, foreign phrase books.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not so universally, but with a large number of readers, the angelology can be no more than what the critics call machinery.

From Milton by Mark Pattison

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