hierology

American  

[hahy-uh-rol-uh-jee, hahy-rol-] / ˌhaɪ əˈrɒl ə dʒi, haɪˈrɒl- /

noun

1. literature or learning regarding sacred things.

2. hagiological literature or learning.

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hierology British  

/ ˌhaɪərəˈlɒdʒɪk, ˌhaɪəˈrɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. sacred literature

2. a biography of a saint

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Other Word Forms

• hierologic adjective
• hierological adjective
• hierologist noun

Etymology

Origin of hierology

First recorded in 1830–40; hiero- + -logy

Example Sentences

Cast against type, Khan sheds his charismatic leading-man persona to play the oblivious, childlike alien who breaks all Indian cultural protocols and hierology.

From Los Angeles Times

Hierology, hī-ėr-ol′o-ji, n. the science of sacred matters, esp. ancient writing and Egyptian inscriptions.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

The best critical writers on ancient history have agreed not to throw away the cosmogony and the hierology of Greece.

From Project Gutenberg

But the lives of our saints, independently altogether of the momentous change in human affairs and prospects which they ushered in, have a substantial hold on history, of which neither the classical nor the northern hierology can boast.

From Project Gutenberg

In the Nichiren hierology, it is as though the symbolical figures in the Book of Revelation had been deified and worshipped.

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