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bibliology

bibliology noun: the study of the history of books and the art of printing.

Noun

bibliology (usually uncountable, plural bibliologies)

  1. (usually) The study of the history of books and the art of printing.
  2. (usually) The study of biblical literature, or theology.

Forms of bibliology

pluralbibliologies

Origin of bibliology

From Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”) + -λογία (-logía, “branch of study”); see biblio- + -logy.

Words formed from bibliology

Questions about bibliology

What does bibliology mean?
Bibliology means the study of the history of books and the art of printing.
What part of speech is bibliology?
Bibliology is a noun.
What is the plural of bibliology?
The plural of bibliology is bibliologies.

Words near bibliology in the dictionary

  1. bibliolatry
  2. bibliological
  3. bibliologies
  4. bibliologist
  5. bibliologists
  6. bibliology
  7. bibliomancer
  8. bibliomancers
  9. bibliomancies
  10. bibliomancy
  11. bibliomane

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bibliology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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