tropology
noun
- the use of tropes or figurative language
- a method of considering or interpreting Scripture in a figurative, moralistic way rather than in a literal sense
See tropology in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(trō-pŏlˈə-jē)
noun pl. tro·pol·o·gies - The use of tropes in speech or writing.
- A mode of biblical interpretation insisting on the morally edifying sense of tropes in the Scriptures.
Related Forms:
- troˌpo·logˈic (trōˌpə-lŏjˈĭk, trŏpˌə-), troˌpo·logˈi·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adjective
- troˌpo·logˈi·cal·ly adverb