hierology

[ hahy-uh-rol-uh-jee, hahy-rol- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

hierology

/ ˌhaɪərəˈlɒdʒɪk; ˌhaɪəˈrɒlədʒɪ /

hi·er·o·log·ic [hahy-er-, uh, -, loj, -ik, hahy-r, uh, -], hier·o·logi·cal adjective
hier·olo·gist noun

First recorded in 1830–40; hiero- + -logy

The best critical writers on ancient history have agreed not to throw away the cosmogony and the hierology of Greece.

In the Nichiren hierology, it is as though the symbolical figures in the Book of Revelation had been deified and worshipped.

Hierology, hī-ėr-ol′o-ji, n. the science of sacred matters, esp.

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