uranologyn.
/ˌjʊərəˈnɒlədʒi/, /ˌjɔːrəˈnɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌjʊrəˈnɑlədʒi/ 1. The study of the stars or the heavens; astronomy. Also: a treatise or discourse on this subject; an astronomical system. Now chiefly historical.
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the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > [noun]
astronomyc1275
astrology1656
uranoscopy1666
uranology1735
uranognosya1832
the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > theory > [noun] > system of astronomy
system1621
uranology1735
the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > theory > treatise or description > [noun] > of heavens
uranoscopy1590
Urania1616
uranometry1660
uranography1675
uranometria1675
uranology1735
1735 B. Martin Philos. Gram. 10 Cosmology, or Uranology,..treats of..the Universe in general, and particularly of our solar System.
1792 E. Sibly New & Compl. Illustr. Occult Sci. (new ed.) 53 Uranology is a science which treats of the natural body of Heaven.
1815 J. Bentham Chrestomathia i. 2 Acquaintance with Uranology, more frequently termed Astronomy.
1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 261 One must not strive to make an ouranology out of a system of metaphysics.
1909 O. Uzanne Mirror World 60 Herschel, Delambre, Arago, and others, will initiate us freely into the cosmogony, latitude, longitude, uranology, and prodigious variety of the planisphere.
2006 T. Ryba in R. A. Segal Blackwell Compan. Study Relig. 101 He understands it as designating..historical, descriptive sciences such as geology, paleontology, and uranology.
2. Theology. Doctrine concerning heaven.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > doctrine concerning heaven > [noun]
uranology1847
1847 J. H. Noyes Berean 372 Without attempting at present a full investigation of the ouranology of the Bible, we ask the reader's attention to some facts relating to the two heavens.
1866 Reader No. 170. 317/1 Angelology and uranology.
1982 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 102 634/1 The first two items plainly derive from rabbinic uranology.
2007 G. Boccaccini et al. Enoch & Messiah Son of Man 433 Several attempts have been made to compare the uranology of the Parables to similar material in the New Testament and elsewhere.
Derivatives
ˌuranoˈlogical adj. of or relating to uranology (in either sense).
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the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > [adjective]
astronomical1551
astrological1576
uranical1585
astronomic1613
Uranian1762
uranological1815
uranoscopic1817
uranic1862
1815 J. Bentham Chrestomathia i. 55 Uranological Geography.
1851 tr. A. von Humboldt Cosmos III. 29 The uranological..domain of the Cosmos.
1999 B. Cooper Eric Voegelin & Found. Mod. Polit. Sci. vi. 232 The uranological sciences did add an element of the unknown, though some guidance, Bodin said, could be found in astrology.
2004 R. S. Boustan & A. Y. Reed Heavenly Realms & Earthly Realities Late Antique Relig. 6 The discoveries at Qumran have simultaneously drawn attention to so-called ‘Apocrypha’ and ‘Pseudepigrapha’, which contain a wealth of ouranological and angelological traditions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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