tropology
[ troh-pol-uh-jee ]
/ troʊˈpɒl ə dʒi /
noun, plural tro·pol·o·gies for 2.
the use of figurative language in speech or writing.
a treatise on figures of speech or tropes.
the use of a Scriptural text so as to give it a moral interpretation or significance apart from its direct meaning.
OTHER WORDS FROM tropology
trop·o·log·ic [trop-uh-loj-ik, troh-puh-] /ˌtrɒp əˈlɒdʒ ɪk, ˌtroʊ pə-/, trop·o·log·i·cal, adjective trop·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby tropology
tropicbird,
tropine,
tropism,
tropo-,
tropocollagen,
tropology,
tropomyosin,
troponin,
troponin i,
tropopause,
tropophilous
Example sentences from the Web for tropology
Above and beyond all is that divine something to which divine Scripture leads, either in allegory or tropology.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) |Henry Osborn Taylor
British Dictionary definitions for tropology
tropology
/ (trɒˈpɒlədʒɪ) /
noun plural -gies
rhetoric
the use of figurative language in speech or writing
Christian theol
the educing of moral or figurative meanings from the Scriptures
a treatise on tropes or figures of speech
Derived forms of tropology
tropologic or tropological, adjectiveWord Origin for tropology
C16: via Late Latin from Greek
tropalogia; see
trope,
-logy