单词 | angelography |
释义 | angelographyn. The description or study of angels. Also: a treatise on this subject. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > descriptive treatise on angelography1636 1636 J. Prideaux Patronage of Angels 16 in Two Decads of Serm. ii Our new Systematicall writers, with their Angelographies, & Pneumatologies. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Casmannus and Manitius have published Angelographies. 1830 Westm. Rev. Oct. 266 There was a distinct science termed Angelography, the purpose of which was, to discover the properties of spirit. 1966 A. I. Ludwig Graven Images ii. 223 An angelography is a commentary on the function, hierarchy, and history of angels. 2014 Preternature 3 411 Almond traces the origins of beliefs about demons to Continental angelography and the writings of Plato, Augustine, and Aquinas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1636 |
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