heortologyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• ハイフネーション: he‧or‧tol‧o‧gy

名詞

heortology (uncountable)

1. The study of religious festivals.
   • 1901, A Priest of the Diocese of Westminster, “Preface”, in Rev. J. Wilhelm, D.D., Ph.d., editor, Heortology: a history of the Christian festivals from their origin to the present day‎^[1], London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Limited, translation of Heortologie, oder, das Kirchenjahr und die Heiligenfeste in ihrer geschichtlichen Entwicklung by Karl Adam Heinrich Kellner, published 1908, page vi:

     For the same reason, in accordance with the meaning of the term "Heortology," he has concerned himself with those festivals alone which are publicly celebrated, or were so celebrated formerly.