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angelology

American  
[eyn-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

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2010

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

They remain skeptical of the extravagance of angelology but don't know what to put in its place.

From Time Magazine Archive

It included in itself the Platonic theory of Ideas, the diffused Logos or anima mundi of the Stoics, and the Oriental angelology or doctrine of intermediate beings between God and man.

From The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' by Sanday, William

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