English dictionary
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English noun: theology | |||
| 1. | theology (cognition) the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth | ||
| Synonyms | divinity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | angelology, apologetics, ecclesiology, eschatology, hermeneutics, homiletics, liturgics, liturgiology, theodicy | ||
| Domain category members | catechetic, catechetical, Creation, deadly, divine guidance, foreordination, fundamentalist, fundamentalistic, inspiration, limbo, minor, mortal, predestination, predetermination, preordination, purgatory, redemption, salvation, theanthropism, theological system, theology, theology, universalist, universalistic, venial | ||
| 2. | theology (cognition) a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings | ||
| Samples | Jewish theology. Roman Catholic theology. | ||
| Synonyms | theological system | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | system, system of rules | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Christian theology, liberation theology, natural theology | ||
| Domain category | divinity, theology | ||
| Domain category members | emanation, foreordain, predestinate, predestine, procession, reprobate, reveal, rise | ||
| 3. | theology (act) the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary) | ||
| Samples | He studied theology at Oxford. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | learned profession | ||
| Domain category | divinity, theology | ||
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