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chresmology

chresmology noun: the study of prophecy.

Noun

chresmology (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) the study of prophecy
  2. (no plural) a collection of prophecies

Forms of chresmology

alternative formchrismology
alternative formchrismologion

Origin of chresmology

From either Ancient Greek χρησμολογία (khrēsmología) or χρησμολόγιον (khrēsmológion), derivations of χρησμός (khrēsmós, “oracle, prophecy”), from the root of χράω (khráō, “to declare”).

Questions about chresmology

What does chresmology mean?
Chresmology means the study of prophecy.
What part of speech is chresmology?
Chresmology is a noun.

Words near chresmology in the dictionary

  1. chresards
  2. chresmographia
  3. chresmographion
  4. chresmologue
  5. chresmologues
  6. chresmology
  7. chresonymies
  8. chresonymy
  9. Chrest
  10. chrestic
  11. chrestomath

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chresmology (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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