different between theogony vs theology

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????? (theogonía).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??????n?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???????n?/

Noun

theogony (plural theogonies)

1. (chiefly in ancient religion) The origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods.

Related terms

• cosmogony
• heroogony

Translations

References

• theogony at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Middle English theologie, from Middle French theologie, from Old French theologie, from Latin theologia, from Koine Greek ???????? (theología), from ???????? (theológos, adjective), from ???? (theós) + ????? (lógos). Surface analysis is theo- +? -logy.

Pronunciation

• enPR: th?-?l'?-j?, IPA^(key): /?i.??.l?.d?i/
• Rhymes: -?l?d?i

Noun

theology (usually uncountable, plural theologies)

1. (uncountable) The study of God, a god, or gods; and of the truthfulness of religion in general.
2. (countable) An organized method of interpreting spiritual works and beliefs into practical form.
3. (uncountable, computing, slang) Subjective marginal details.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:theology.

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References

• theology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• theology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “theology, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2015-03-19
• Walter W. Skeat, editor (1910) , “Theology”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, new edition, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, OCLC 582746570, page 640.
• "theology" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.

Anagrams

• ethology