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menology¹
Rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
Where it comes from
Partially from meno- (“month-”) + -ology (“study, account”) and partially from anglicization of Medieval Latin mēnologium and Medieval Greek μηνολόγιον (mēnológion), q.v. Doublet of menologion, menologium, and menologe.
noun menologies · Menology
- The study of months; the names and system of months within a given calendar. ...in Afghanistan, we find two systems of month-names. One of these... is of Indian origin..., while the other is borrowed from the Mohammedan menology...
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Synonym of menologium, a monthly record, particularly in Assyriology and certain Christian contexts.
In the Mart. of Donegal, this is the day of St. Comgall (Comhgall), placed in the Menology on the 27th June, as having no day.
Similar: menologium
- The content of a menologium, a liturgical calendar or hagiography. Their readings from the holy Scriptures and from the fathers, from the menologies of the church and the teachings of its principal pastors, are a great, continually swelling hymn of praise to the rule of providence and to the progressive actualization of the eternal plan of salvation.
Menology²
proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of menology, particularly in reference to particular editions. In the Mart. of Donegal, this is the day of St. Comgall (Comhgall), placed in the Menology on the 27th June, as having no day.
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