theology

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth (Freq. 11)
• Syn:
divinity
• Derivationally related forms:
theological, theologist
• Members of this Topic:
minor, venial, deadly, mortal, universalistic,
universalist, fundamentalist, fundamentalistic, catechetical, catechetic, redemption,
salvation, Creation, limbo, purgatory, divine guidance, inspiration,
theanthropism, predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination, theological system
• Hypernyms:
discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field,
field of study, study, bailiwick
• Hyponyms:
angelology, apologetics, ecclesiology, eschatology, hermeneutics,
homiletics, liturgics, liturgiology, theodicy
2. a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings (Freq. 6)
- Jewish theology
- Roman Catholic theology
• Syn:
theological system
• Derivationally related forms:
theological, theologist
• Topics:
divinity
• Members of this Topic:
emanation, rise, procession, predestine, predestinate,
foreordain, reprobate, reveal
• Hypernyms:
system, system of rules
• Hyponyms:
Christian theology, liberation theology, natural theology
3. the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary) (Freq. 1)
- he studied theology at Oxford
• Derivationally related forms:
theological, theologist
• Topics:
divinity
• Hypernyms:
learned profession

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  theological system, divinity