pneumatology

[noo-muh-tol-uh-jee, nyoo-]

noun

Theology.
1. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit.
2. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
the doctrine or theory of spiritual beings.
Archaic. psychology.

Obsolete. pneumatics.

Origin of pneumatology

First recorded in 1670–80; pneumato- + -logy

Related formspneu·mat·o·log·ic

[noo-mat-l-oj-ik, nyoo-, noo-muh-tl-, nyoo-] /nʊˌmæt lˈɒdʒ ɪk, nyʊ-, ˌnu mə tl-, ˌnyu-/, pneu·ma·to·log·i·cal, adjectivepneu·ma·tol·o·gist, noun

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Historical Examples of pneumatology

There has been a great change of late years in connection with the science of Pneumatology and with the manner of treating it.
Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XII. September, 1863, No. LXXI.
Various
The first part is cosmology, the second rational doctrine of the soul, pneumatology and theology.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'
Norman Kemp Smith
We have now mind as mind, divested of its naturalness and subjectivity, and as such, it is an object of Pneumatology.
A History of Philosophy in Epitome
Albert Schwegler
As to the psychic half of the cerebral functions, they omitted entirely that portion which relates to pneumatology.
Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887
Various
But neither the physiology, nor the pneumatology had been placed in organic connection with the central cerebral science.
Buchanan's Journal of Man, September 1887
Various

British Dictionary definitions for pneumatology

pneumatology

noun

the branch of theology concerned with the Holy Ghost and other spiritual beings
an obsolete name for psychology (def. 1)
an obsolete term for pneumatics

Derived Formspneumatological (ˌnjuːmətəˈlɒdʒɪkəl), adjectivepneumatologist, noun

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