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es·cha·tol·o·gy

[es-kuh-tol-uh-jee] Pronunciation Key

–noun Theology.

1.	any system of doctrines concerning last, or final, matters, as death, the Judgment, the future state, etc.

2.	the branch of theology dealing with such matters.

[Origin: 1835–45; < Gk éschato(s) last + -logy

]

—Related forms

es·cha·to·log·i·cal

[es-kuh-tl-oj-i-kuh

l, e-skat-l-] Pronunciation Key, adjective

es·cha·to·log·i·cal·ly, adverb

es·cha·tol·o·gist, noun

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es·cha·tol·o·gy (ěs'kə-tŏl'ə-jē) Pronunciation Key
n.

The branch of theology that is concerned with the end of the world or of humankind.
A belief or a doctrine concerning the ultimate or final things, such as death, the destiny of humanity, the Second Coming, or the Last Judgment.

[Greek eskhatos, last; see eghs in Indo-European roots + -logy.]

es·chat'o·log'i·cal (ĭ-skāt'l-ŏj'ĭ-kəl, ěs'kə-tə-lŏj'-) adj., es·chat'o·log'i·cal·ly adv., es'cha·tol'o·gist n.

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eschatology

1844, from Gk. eskhatos "last, furthest, remote" (from ex "out of") + -logia "a speaking" (in a certain manner). In theology, the study of the four last things: death, judgment, heaven, hell.

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eschatology
noun
the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankind

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Eschatology

Es`cha*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? the furthest, last + -logy.] The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected.

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