Definition of Protology

1. Noun. The study of origins and first things. "To Christians, protology refers to God's fundamental purpose for humanity"


Lexicographical Neighbors of Protology

protohistory
protohominid
protohominids
protohuman
protohumans
protolanguage
protolanguages
protolerogenic
protolith
protoliths
protologism
protologisms
protologistic
protologue
protologues
protology (current term)
protolysis
protolyze
protomammal
protomammals
protomartyr
protomartyrs
protome
protomer
protomeric
protomerite
protomerites
protomers
protometabolism
protominimalist

Literary usage of Protology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the by Reuben Gold Thwaites, Jesuits (1897)
"From the brief introductory account of the protology of the Iroquois, it would seem to be erroneous to identify Tha-ron-hya-wd'-kon with ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"In the protology of this people, we see in full operation the effect of ... protology of their existence and that of the earth and the heavens. ..."

3. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1896)
"In the protology of this people, we see in full operation the effect of the ... protology of their existence and that of the earth and the heavens. ..."

4. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1896)
"In the protology of this people, we see in full operation the eflect of the ... protology of their existence and that of the earth and the heavens. ..."

5. The Tudor Drama: A History of English National Drama to the Retirement of by Tucker Brooke (1911)
"SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY TO CHAPTER I GENERAL DISCUSSION Beatty, Arthur : The St. George, or Mummers' Plays • a Study in the protology of the Drama. Wise. ..."

6. The Christian Examiner edited by Edward Everett Hale (1861)
"protology, or First Science, 2 vols. The last three works are hardly finished. They were found among the author's manuscripts, and published by his friend ..."

7. The Princeton Review by James Manning Sherwood, Jonas M. Libbey, John Forsyth, Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater, Henry Boynton Smith (1880)
"IN these closing years of the nineteenth century the protology of man has become a subject of profound interest in its relation to recent discoveries. ..."

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