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escatology

escatology is the alternative spelling of eschatology.

Meaning of eschatology

Noun

eschatology (countable and uncountable, plural eschatologies)

  1. (countable) A system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.
    • These final pages are as deeply pleasureful as they are moving. Their comic eschatologies are consistent with the spirit that informs all of “Ada,” the spirit that is underscored by the last syllable in Ada's name when it is pronounced correctly in “the Russian way with two deep, dark ‘a’s” — da!1969 May 4, Alfred Appel Jr, “Ada; Or Ardor: A Family Chronicle”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. (uncountable) The study of the end times—the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology, the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse, or the Last Judgment.
    • Eschatology and proleptics aside, I think this is a really stupid way to read a mystery novel.2001, Mark Allan Powell, Chasing the Eastern Star, page 18

Questions about escatology

What is escatology the alternative spelling of?
Escatology is the alternative spelling of eschatology.

Words near escatology in the dictionary

  1. Escarsegas
  2. escartelly
  3. escartelée
  4. Escatel
  5. Escatels
  6. escatology
  7. Escaut
  8. ESCB
  9. Esch
  10. Esch-sur-Alzette
  11. eschalot

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