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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The branch of theology concerned with the doctrines, role etc. of a church. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church wordnet
3. 3
   The science of building and decorating churches. countable, uncountable

Etymology

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

Related phrases

communion ecclesiology

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