tropology
noun
the use of figurative language in speech or writing.
tropological
-
a word derived from
tropology.
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Objection 1: It seems that in Holy Writ a word cannot have several senses, historical or literal, allegorical, tropological or moral, and anagogical.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
