[ad. mod.L. symbologia, shortened form for *symbolologia, f. Gr. σύμβολον SYMBOL sb.1: see -LOGY.] The science or study of symbols; loosely, the use of symbols, or symbols collectively; symbolism.
1840. De Quincey, Essenes, Wks. 1862, IX. 271, note. In the symbology of the Jewish ritual.
1853. J. Mills (title), Sacred Symbology: or, An Inquiry into the Principles of Interpretation of the Prophetic Symbols.
1883. Sinnett, Esoteric Buddhism, Pref. (1884), p. xv. Ideas … in more or less embarrassing disguise of mystic symbology.
1896. E. P. Evans, Anim. Symbolism, v. 246. Whimseys of Ecclesiology and Symbology.
So Symbological a., pertaining to symbology; Symbologist, one versed in symbology. rare–0.
1864. Webster; hence in later Dicts.
