Meanings
nounecclesiology (countable and uncountable, plural ecclesiologies)
plural ecclesiologies · alternative rare ecclesialogy · alternative rare ekklesiology
- countableuncountableThe science of building and decorating churches.
Origin
From ecclesio- + -logy. Coined by a writer of the British Critic in 1837, as ecclesialogy.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan eclesiologia
- eclesiologiabranch of theology
Chinese Mandarin 教會學 /教会学
- 教會學 /教会学 (jiàohuìxué)branch of theology
Czech ekleziologie, eklesiologie
- ekleziologiebranch of theology
- eklesiologiebranch of theology
Danish ekklesiologi, ecclesiologi
- ekklesiologibranch of theology
- ecclesiologibranch of theology
Dutch ecclesiologie
- ecclesiologiebranch of theology
Esperanto ekleziologio
- ekleziologiobranch of theology
Estonian eklesioloogia
- eklesioloogiabranch of theology
Finnish ekklesiologia
- ekklesiologiabranch of theology
French ecclésiologie
- ecclésiologiebranch of theology
German Ekklesiologie
- Ekklesiologiebranch of theology
Greek εκκλησιολογία
- εκκλησιολογία (ekklisiología)branch of theology
Icelandic kirkjufræði
- kirkjufræðibranch of theology
Italian ecclesiologia
- ecclesiologiabranch of theology
Japanese 教会論
- 教会論 (kyōkairon)branch of theology
Korean 교회론
- 교회론 (gyohoeron)branch of theology
Norwegian ekklesiologi
- ekklesiologibranch of theology
Polish eklezjologia
- eklezjologiabranch of theology
Portuguese eclesiologia
- eclesiologiabranch of theology
Russian экклезиоло́гия
- экклезиоло́гия (ekkleziológija)branch of theology
Spanish eclesiología
- eclesiologíabranch of theology
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ecclesiology
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
ecclesiology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecclesiology
MLA
“ecclesiology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecclesiology. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ecclesiology,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecclesiology.
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