tro·pol·o·gy (tr -p l  -j )n. pl. tro·pol·o·gies 1. The use of tropes in speech or writing. 2. A mode of biblical interpretation insisting on the morally edifying sense of tropes in the Scriptures. [Late Latin tropologia, from Late Greek tropologi  : Greek tropos, trope; see trope + Greek -logi, -logy.]tro  po·logic (trp-lj k, trp-), tropo·logi·cal (--kl) adj.tro po·logi·cal·ly adv. |
tropology [trɒˈpɒlədʒɪ]
n pl -gies
1. (Literature / Rhetoric) Rhetoric the use of figurative language in speech or writing
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) Christian theol the educing of moral or figurative meanings from the Scriptures
3. (Literature / Rhetoric) a treatise on tropes or figures of speech
[via Late Latin from Greek tropalogia; see trope, -logy]
tropologic , tropological adj
tropology
1. the use of flgurative language in writing.
2. a treatise on figures of speech or tropes. — tropologic, tropological, adj.
See also: Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices2. a treatise on figures of speech or tropes. — tropologic, tropological, adj.
a method of interpreting biblical literature emphasizing the moral implications of the tropes, or figures of speech, used in its composition. — tropological, adj.
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