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PRONUNCIATION OF HIEROLOGY

hierology  [ˌhaɪəˈrɒlədʒɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIEROLOGY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hierology is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HIEROLOGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hierology

Sacred

Sacred means revered due to association with holiness. Holiness, or sanctity, is in general the state of being holy or sacred. Objects are often considered holy or sacred if used for spiritual purposes, such as the worship or service of gods. The property is often ascribed to people, objects, times, or places.

Definition of hierology in the English dictionary

The definition of hierology in the dictionary is sacred literature. Other definition of hierology is a biography of a saint.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIEROLOGY


acarology
ˌækəˈrɒlədʒɪ
andrology
ænˈdrɒlədʒɪ
astrology
əˈstrɒlədʒɪ
biometeorology
ˌbaɪəʊˌmiːtɪəˈrɒlədʒɪ
dendrology
dɛnˈdrɒlədʒɪ
electrology
ɪlɛkˈtrɒlədʒɪ
futurology
ˌfjuːtʃəˈrɒlədʒɪ
gastroenterology
ˌɡæstrəʊˌɛntəˈrɒlədʒɪ
horology
hɒˈrɒlədʒɪ
hydrology
haɪˈdrɒlədʒɪ
meteorology
ˌmiːtɪəˈrɒlədʒɪ
metrology
mɪˈtrɒlədʒɪ
necrology
nɛˈkrɒlədʒɪ
nephrology
nɪˈfrɒlədʒɪ
neurology
njʊˈrɒlədʒɪ
numerology
ˌnjuːməˈrɒlədʒɪ
petrology
pɛˈtrɒlədʒɪ
serology
sɪˈrɒlədʒɪ
urology
jʊˈrɒlədʒɪ
virology
vaɪˈrɒlədʒɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIEROLOGY

hierograph
hierographer
hierographic
hierographical
hierography
hierolatry
hierologic
hierological
hierologies
hierologist
hieromancy
Hieronymian
Hieronymic
Hieronymus
hierophant
hierophantic
hierophantically
hierophobia
hierophobic
hieroscopy

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIEROLOGY

archaeology
biology
biotechnology
ecology
genealogy
geology
information technology
methodology
microbiology
mythology
oncology
pathology
pharmacology
phonology
physiology
psychology
radiology
sociology
technology
terminology
theology

Synonyms and antonyms of hierology in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hierology» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIEROLOGY

Find out the translation of hierology to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hierology from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hierology» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hierology
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hierology
570 millions of speakers

English

hierology
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hierology
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hierology
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

hierology
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Hagiografia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hierology
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hierology
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hierologi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hierology
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hierology
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hierology
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hierologi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hierology
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hierology
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्याकरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hierology
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hierology
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hierologii
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

hierology
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hierology
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιερολογίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hierology
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hierology
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hierology
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hierology

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIEROLOGY»

The term «hierology» is used very little and occupies the 190.285 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIEROLOGY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hierology» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hierology» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hierology

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIEROLOGY»

Discover the use of hierology in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hierology and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pagan Christs: Studies In Comparative Hierology
Pagan Christs: Studies In Comparative Hierology by John M. Robertson 1911. The bulk of the present volume is substantially a synthesis of Christian origins, introduced by a discussion of the principles of hierology.
John M. Robertson, 2014
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Pagan Christs; Studies in Comparative Hierology
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition.
John MacKinnon Robertson, 2013
3
The Voyage and the Messenger: Iran and Philosophy
This is a very opportune occasion to return to a vocabulary which is perfectly appropriate to religious studies: beginning with the term hierology, proposed some time ago by Goblet d'Alviella, and arriving at the term hermeneutic, used by phe- ...
Henry Corbin, 1998
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Religion
For the studyof hieroglyphics, see hieroglyphology. Forthestudy of sacred writings, see hierographology. Hierology (Greek ιερος, hieros, ”sacred” or ”holy”, + λογος, logos, ”word” or ”reason”) refers to the study of the sacred and sacredness.
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The History of Religions
institutions, into three treatises covering respectively 'Hierography', (archeology and religious history: descriptive) 'Hierology' (questions of method and of origins: interpretative) and 'Hierosophy' (problems of the present time: philosophical).
Ugo Bianchi, 1975
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Jesus Christ in World History: His Presence and ...
113 Frazer's contemporary, the freethinker John M. Robertson, published Pagan Christs: Studies in Comparative Hierology (1911), which disturbed the Christian community with the assertion that the apostle Paul's image of Jesus reflected ...
Jan A. B. Jongeneel, 2009
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Independence and Exegesis: The Study of Early Christianity ...
L'idee sur laquelle se repose cette methode (sc. the 'hierology' of G. d'Alviella) est qu'il y a un developpement en quelque sorte fatal de la religion et que le repas de communion est un moment de ce developpement... Le developpement du ...
Alan H. Jones, 1983
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Drudgery Divine: On the Comparison of Early Christianities ...
Live 100 B.C.?, The Prechristian Jesus, The Christ Myth, Pagan Christs: Studies in Comparative Hierology,6 and, most odd-sounding of all, Moses, Jesus, Paul: Three Variants of the Babylonian Divine-Man Gilgamesh.1 While little, if anything,  ...
Jonathan Z. Smith, 1990
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Diamond Little English (Dictionany)
... collective body of angels; body classified in successively subordinate grades. hierography n. description of sacred things. hierolatry n. worship of saints or sacred things. hierology hippopotamus hierology n. science of sacred matters. higgle ...
Giriraj Sharan Agrawal
10
Christianity and Mythology
It is in the preface to his Outlines that he suggests the word " hierology " as a substitute for the cumbrous phrase, “ Science of Religions." If this term be adopted, we might when necessary say “ Comparative Hierology "instead of " Comparative ...
John Mackinnon Robertson, 1936

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIEROLOGY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hierology is used in the context of the following news items.
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... Khan sheds his charismatic leading-man persona to play the oblivious, childlike alien who breaks all Indian cultural protocols and hierology. «Los Angeles Times, Dec 14»

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