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thaumatology

[ thaw-muh-tol-uh-jee ]

noun

  1. the study or description of miracles.


thaumatology

/ ˌθɔːməˈtɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. the study of or a treatise on miracles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of thaumatology1

First recorded in 1850–55; thaumato- + -logy
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Example Sentences

Martin starts rambling off a list of words: thaumatology, ontology, eschatology, epistemology, phenomenology, teleology, etiology, ontogeny.

In the Protestant's view, indeed, who assumes that miracles never are, our thaumatology is one great falsehood; but that is his First Principle, as I have said so often, which he does not prove but assume.

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