menology

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The study of months; the names and system of months within a given calendar. uncommon
    — ...in Afghanistan, we find two systems of month-names. One of these... is of Indian origin..., while the other is borrowed from the Mohammedan menology...
  2. Synonym of menologium, a monthly record, particularly in Assyriology and certain Christian contexts. capitalized,often
    — In the Mart. of Donegal, this is the day of St. Comgall (Comhgall), placed in the Menology on the 27th June, as having no day.
  3. The content of a menologium, a liturgical calendar or hagiography. rare
    — Their readings from the holy Scriptures and from the fathers, from the menologies of the church and the teachings of its principal pastors, are a great, continually swelling hymn of praise to the rule of providence and to the progressive actualization of the eternal plan of salvation.

词形变化

menologies plural Menology alternative

词源

Partially from meno- (“month-”) + -ology (“study, account”) and partially from anglicization of Medieval Latin mēnologium and Byzantine Greek μηνολόγιον (mēnológion), q.v. Doublet of menologion, menologium, and menologe.
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