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dicæology|daɪsiːˈɒlədʒɪ|
Also 7 dice-.
[ad. L. dicæologia, a. Gr. δικαιολογία a plea in defence, f. δίκαιο-ς righteous, just + λογία account, speech.]
†1. A description or account of jurisdiction. Obs.
1664J. Exton (title), The Maritime Dicæologie, or Sea-jurisdiction of England.
2. Rhet. Justification.
[1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 237 Dichologia, or the Figure of excuse.] 1656Blount Glossogr., Diceology..justification by, or in talk. [1830Maunder Treas. Knowl., Dicæology, self-vindication.] |