English Explanatory Dictionary

ecclesiology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ɪˌkliːziˈɒlədʒi/ /ɛˌkliːziˈɒlədʒi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ecclesiology.wav

Word forms

ecclesiology ecclesiologies ecclesialogy ekklesiology

Etymology

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

Related words

ecclesiologic ecclesiological ecclesiologist ecclesiologistic Ecclesiastes Christology eschatology soteriology theology

Derived words

communion ecclesiology
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