epistology
epistology noun: the study of letters and epistles.
Noun
epistology (uncountable)
- The study of letters and epistles.
- Chapter Five is an analysis of several poems further to clarify Carew’s ideas, and six, “The Crown of Bays” treats other genres of Carew’s poetry—epistology and elegy.1958, The Yale Literary Magazine, page 50
- Considered from the point of view of epistology form, ‘To Mr B.B.’ is interesting as a type of deliberative epistle, with a fairly simple structure:[…]1959, University Review, page 18
Examples of epistology in a sentence
- Sembene uses the epistology form to elicit the female point of view in sensitive issues.1994, Helen Chukwuma, editor, Feminism in African Literature: Essays on Criticism, Enugu: New Generation Books, →ISBN, page 96:
- We can now go some way towards filling this gap in the Nelson epistology.2005, “Friends”, in Colin White, editor, Nelson: The New Letters, The Boydell Press in association with the National Maritime Museum and...
Origin of epistology
From Latin epistola or its etymon Ancient Greek ἐπῐστολή (epĭstolḗ) + -ology.
Questions about epistology
- What does epistology mean?
- Epistology means the study of letters and epistles.
- How do you use epistology in a sentence?
- Sembene uses the epistology form to elicit the female point of view in sensitive issues.
- What part of speech is epistology?
- Epistology is a noun.
Words near epistology in the dictionary
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