hierology

/hahy-uh-rol-uh-jee, hahy-rol-/US // ˌhaɪ əˈrɒl ə dʒi, haɪˈrɒl- //UK // (ˌhaɪəˈrɒlədʒɪ) //

层次学,阶层学,层次论,层次结构学

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : literature or learning regarding sacred things.
- : hagiological literature or learning.

The best critical writers on ancient history have agreed not to throw away the cosmogony and the hierology of Greece.
In the Nichiren hierology, it is as though the symbolical figures in the Book of Revelation had been deified and worshipped.
Hierology, hī-ėr-ol′o-ji, n. the science of sacred matters, esp.