thaumatology

[thaw-muh-tol-uh-jee]

noun

1. the study or description of miracles.

thaumatology

/ ˌθɔːməˈtɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the study of or a treatise on miracles

Word History and Origins

Origin of thaumatology¹

First recorded in 1850–55; thaumato- + -logy

Example Sentences

Martin starts rambling off a list of words: thaumatology, ontology, eschatology, epistemology, phenomenology, teleology, etiology, ontogeny.

From Washington Post

In the Protestant's view, indeed, who assumes that miracles never are, our thaumatology is one great falsehood; but that is his First Principle, as I have said so often, which he does not prove but assume.

From Project Gutenberg