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ecclesiology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɪˌkliːziˈɒlədʒi/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɛˌkliːziˈɒlədʒi/

Etymology

From ecclesio- + -logy. Coined by a writer of the British Critic in 1837, as ecclesialogy.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The branch of theology concerned with the doctrines, role etc. of a church.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The science of building and decorating churches.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ecclesialogy alternative, rare lexicographic
ecclesiologies Number=Plur lexicographic
ekklesiology alternative, rare lexicographic

Deriveds

communion ecclesiology

Relateds

ecclesiologistic · ecclesiologist · Ecclesiastes · Christology · ecclesiologic · eschatology · ecclesiological · soteriology · theology

Translations (27)

it ecclesiologia (branch of theology) · ru экклезиоло́гия (branch of theology) · sh eklisiologija (branch of theology) · ja 教会論 (branch of theology) · cs eklesiologie (branch of theology) · fr ecclésiologie (branch of theology) · da ecclesiologi (branch of theology) · ko 교회론 (branch of theology) · is kirkjufræði (branch of theology) · cs ekleziologie (branch of theology) · de Ekklesiologie (branch of theology) · nl ecclesiologie (branch of theology) · eo ekleziologio (branch of theology) · sh еклисиологија (branch of theology) · da ekklesiologi (branch of theology) · sh ekleziologija (branch of theology) · pl eklezjologia (branch of theology) · no ekklesiologi (branch of theology) · et eklesioloogia (branch of theology) · el εκκλησιολογία (branch of theology) · cmn 教會學 /教会学 (branch of theology) · mk еклисиологија (branch of theology) · pt eclesiologia (branch of theology) · es eclesiología (branch of theology) · fi ekklesiologia (branch of theology) · sh еклезиологија (branch of theology) · ca eclesiologia (branch of theology)

wikipedia: British Critic