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palæology

palæology is the obsolete form of paleology.

Meaning of paleology

Noun

paleology (uncountable)

  1. The study of antiquities or of the ancient past
    Synonyms:
    archaeology

Questions about palæology

What is palæology the obsolete form of?
Palæology is the obsolete form of paleology.

Words near palæology in the dictionary

  1. palæography
  2. palæolithic
  3. palæologism
  4. palæologist
  5. palæologists
  6. palæology
  7. palæontologic
  8. palæontological
  9. palæontologist
  10. palæontologists
  11. palæontology

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palæology (page history and authors); paleology (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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