angelology

[eyn-juh-lol-uh-jee]

noun

a doctrine or theory concerning angels.

Origin of angelology

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

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Historical Examples of angelology

Not so universally, but with a large number of readers, the angelology can be no more than what the critics call machinery.
An Introduction to the Prose and Poetical Works of John Milton
Hiram Corson
Contact with Babylonia tended to stimulate the 188 angelology and demonology of Israel.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2
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British Dictionary definitions for angelology

angelology

noun

a doctrine or theory treating of angels

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