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theology

  • noun
  • thē-ŏl'ə-jē

The study of God, a god, or gods; and of the truthfulness of religion in general. from mid-14th c.

Other meanings

  1. An organized method of interpreting spiritual works and beliefs into practical form.

  2. A particular belief within a religion.

Related words

  • antitheology
  • biotheology
  • ecotheology
  • macrotheology
  • metatheology
  • microtheology
  • neurotheology
  • ontotheology
  • physicotheology
  • pretheology
  • theologer
  • theologician

Example sentences

  • “That's just replacement theology.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "theologia".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “theology” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.