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testaceotheology

/ˌtɛs.tə.si.oʊ.θiˈɒl.ə.dʒi/

testaceotheology noun: the "theology of shellfish", or the study of divine or spiritual significance attributed to shellfish, such as clams, oysters, and other mollusks.

Noun

testaceotheology (uncountable)

  1. The "theology of shellfish", or the study of divine or spiritual significance attributed to shellfish, such as clams, oysters, and other mollusks.
    • Friedrich-Christian Lesser’s Théologie des insectes appeared in two French translation, in 1742 and 1745. But there were not only insects, and the material was inexhaustible: a Lithotheology, a Testaceotheology, a Petinotheology, and an Ichthyotheology all appeared. What had begun as a pious...1993, Jaques Roger, translated by Robert Ellrich, edited by Keith R. Benson, The Life Sciences in Eighteenth-Century French Thought, Stanford University Press, translation of original in French, page...
    • Chemnitz was a promoter of a form of natural theology known as testaceotheology or the use of molluscs for preaching.2025 January 31, Wikipedia contributors, “Christoph Samuel John”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation

Origin of testaceotheology

From the stem of Latin testāceus (“shelled”) + -o- + theology.

Questions about testaceotheology

What does testaceotheology mean?
Testaceotheology means the "theology of shellfish", or the study of divine or spiritual significance attributed to shellfish, such as clams, oysters, and other mollusks.
What part of speech is testaceotheology?
Testaceotheology is a noun.
How do you pronounce testaceotheology?
Testaceotheology is pronounced /ˌtɛs.tə.si.oʊ.θiˈɒl.ə.dʒi/.

Words near testaceotheology in the dictionary

  1. testacean
  2. testaceans
  3. testacellid
  4. testacellids
  5. testaceology
  6. testaceotheology
  7. testaceous
  8. testacid
  9. testacy
  10. testae
  11. testal

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