menology

[ mi-nol-uh-jee ]

noun

, plural me·nol·o·gies.

1. a calendar of the months.
2. a record or account, as of saints, arranged in the order of a calendar.

menology

/ mɪˈnɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. an ecclesiastical calendar of the months
2. Eastern Churches a liturgical book containing the lives of the saints arranged by months

Word History and Origins

Origin of menology¹

1600–10; < New Latin mēnologium < Late Greek mēnológion. See meno-, -logy

Word History and Origins

Origin of menology¹

C17: from New Latin mēnologium, from Late Greek mēnologion, from Greek mēn month + logos word, account

Example Sentences

In the eulogy of him in the Cistercian Menology it is said, “that he was remarkable for his sanctity and wonderful miracles, and that next to St. Malachy, he was regarded by the Irish nation as one of its principal patrons,” even down to the time that that was written, A.D.

From Project Gutenberg

Menology, mē-nol′o-ji, n. a register of months: a list or calendar of martyrs, with festivals celebrated, &c.

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A Russian painting upon a shell, representing a female saint called S. Parasceve, ἡ ἁγια Παρασκευη, who is found in the Greek Menology, but whose history is believed by the Bollandists to be a pious fiction.

From Project Gutenberg

Garnet’s name was included in the list of the 353 Roman Catholic martyrs sent to Rome from England in 1880, and in the 2nd appendix of the Menology of England and Wales compiled by order of the cardinal archbishop and the bishops of the province of Westminster by R. Stanton in 1887, where he is styled “a martyr whose cause is deferred for future investigation.”

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At the end of the Menology is some liturgical matter.

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Related Words

• agenda
• almanac
• card
• chronology
• diary
• docket
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• lineup
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• table
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