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Kyriology

{

Kyr′i-o-lexˊy

,

Kyrˊi-ol′o-gy

, }
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK]. See
Curiologic
.]
The use of literal or simple expressions, as distinguished from the use of figurative or obscure ones.
Krauth-Fleming.

Definition 2024


kyriology

kyriology

English

Noun

kyriology

  1. The use of literal or simple expressions, as distinguished from the use of figurative or obscure ones.
    • 1878, Charles Porterfield Krauth, William Fleming, Henry Calderwood, A Vocabulary of the Philosophical Sciences
      KYRIOLEXY, KYRIOLOGY (Gr.), the use of literal expressions, as opposed to figurative []

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