Chresmology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    the study of prophecy no-plural
  2. 2
    a collection of prophecies no-plural

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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