tropology
the use of figurative language in speech or writing.
a treatise on figures of speech or tropes.
the use of a Scriptural text so as to give it a moral interpretation or significance apart from its direct meaning.
Origin of tropology
1Other words from tropology
- trop·o·log·ic [trop-uh-loj-ik, troh-puh-], /ˌtrɒp əˈlɒdʒ ɪk, ˌtroʊ pə-/, trop·o·log·i·cal, adjective
- trop·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use tropology in a sentence
Above and beyond all is that divine something to which divine Scripture leads, either in allegory or tropology.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) | Henry Osborn Taylor
British Dictionary definitions for tropology
/ (trɒˈpɒlədʒɪ) /
rhetoric the use of figurative language in speech or writing
Christian theol the educing of moral or figurative meanings from the Scriptures
a treatise on tropes or figures of speech
Origin of tropology
1Derived forms of tropology
- tropologic or tropological, adjective
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