theology

From Middle English theologie, from Middle French theologie, from Old French theologie, from Latin theologia, from Koine Greek θεολογία (theología), from θεολόγος (theológos, adjective), from θεός (theós) + λόγος (lógos). Surface analysis is theo- +‎ -logy.[1][2][3][4]

• enPR: thē-ŏl'ə-jē, IPA^(key): /θi.ˈɒ.lə.dʒi/

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• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

theology (usually uncountable, plural theologies)

1. (uncountable) The study of God, or a god, or gods, and the truthfulness of religion in general.
2. (countable) An organized method of interpreting spiritual works and beliefs into practical form.
3. (uncountable, computing, slang) Subjective marginal details.
   • 1986 December 9, Seymour, Jim, “In plain English”, in PC Mag‎, volume 5, number 21, Ziff Davis, ISSN 0888-8507, page 96:

     While those folks are caught up in theological arguments about LISP versus PROLOG, […]

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:theology.

• theology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• theology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “theology, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015-03-19.
• Walter W. Skeat, editor (1910), “Theology”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, new edition, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, OCLC 582746570, page 640.
• "theology" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.

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