theology
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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]
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NounEdit
theology (usually uncountable, plural theologies)
- (uncountable) The study of God, a god, or gods; and of the truthfulness of religion in general.
- (countable) An organized method of interpreting spiritual works and beliefs into practical form.
- (uncountable, computing, slang) Subjective marginal details.
- 1986 December 9, Seymour, Jim, “In plain English”, in PC Mag[1], 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 quotations using this term, see Citations:theology.
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TranslationsEdit
study of God, or a god, or gods
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ “theologie” in the Dictionnaires d’autrefois
- ^ “theologie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- ^ 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, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2015-03-19.
- theology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “theology, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: 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.