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ecclesiology|ɛˌkliːzɪˈɒlədʒɪ|
Also 9 (incorrectly) ecclesialogy.
[f. ecclesio- (see ecclesiography) + Gr. -λογία discoursing: see -logy.]
a. The science relating to the church or to churches; now usually, The science of church building and decoration.
b. A treatise on churches.
1837British Critic xxi. 220 We mean then by Ecclesialogy, a science which may treat of the proper construction and operations of the Church. 1847(title) Handbook of English Ecclesiology. 1849Freeman Archit. 4 The first phase of ecclesiology was simple antiquarianism. 1851D. Wilson Preh. Ann. (1863) II. iv. i. 249 The..characteristics of Irish ecclesiology. 1865W. White E. Eng. I. 47 To say but a few words about each church..in Norfolk would be to compose an ecclesiology. |