English Explanatory Dictionary

chresmology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the study of prophecy
  2. a collection of prophecies

Word forms

chresmology chrismology chrismologion

Etymology

From either Ancient Greek χρησμολογία (khrēsmología) or χρησμολόγιον (khrēsmológion), derivations of χρησμός (khrēsmós, “oracle, prophecy”), from the root of χράω (khráō, “to declare”).

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