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Definition of Hierology
1. n. A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a treatise on that science.
Definition of Hierology
1. Noun. The comparative and historical study of religions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hierology
1. [n -GIES]
Medical Definition of Hierology
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hierology
Literary usage of Hierology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The World's Parliament of Religions: An Illustrated and Popular Story of the by John Henry Barrows (1893)
"I am asked to respond only for one department of it, namely—that of hierology,
or the comparative study of religions. What is the value and importance of a ..."
2. Courses of Study by John Mackinnon Robertson (1904)
"COMPARATIVE hierology §i. THROUGHOUT the higher faiths of the world the student
will find very much both in doctrines and in ritual which can be explained ..."
3. Ancient Egypt: Her Monuments, Hieroglyphics, History and Archæology, and by George Robins Gliddon (1847)
"... that will insure him the most rapid int future Egyptian " Nouveautés
Archéologiques," while dence with the several students of hierology ..."
4. Comparative Religion: Its Genesis and Growth by Louis Henry Jordan (1905)
"Some scholars advocate warmly the employment of the term " hierology." 8 At one
time the late Professor Tiele adhered to this view; 4 and accordingly there ..."
5. The Book-hunter Etc. by John Hill Burton (1882)
"The best critical writers on ancient history have agreed not to throw away the
cosmogony and the hierology of Greece. It is part of Grecian history that the ..."
6. The Book-hunter by John Hill Burton, Richard Grant White (1863)
"The best critical writers on ancient history have agreed not to throw away the
cosmogony and the hierology of Greece. It is part of Grecian history that the ..."
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