angelology

American  

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

noun

1. a doctrine or theory concerning angels.

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angelology British  

/ ˌeɪndʒəˈlɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. a doctrine or theory treating of angels

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Etymology

Origin of angelology

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

Example Sentences

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

The same mythology commanded the general consent; the same angelology, demonology.

From Project Gutenberg

His language shows a spirit of impatience with this elaborate angelology.”

From Project Gutenberg

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

The Jewish systems of both angelology and demonology, first worked out in the apocalyptic literature, were further elaborated by the Cabbalah.

From Project Gutenberg