Tropology
noun, plural tropologies for 2.
1.
the use of figurative language in speech or writing.
2.
a treatise on figures of speech or tropes.
3.
the use of a Scriptural text so as to give it a moral interpretation or significance apart from its direct meaning.
noun (pl) -gies
1.
(rhetoric) the use of figurative language in speech or writing
2.
(Christian theol) the educing of moral or figurative meanings from the Scriptures
3.
a treatise on tropes or figures of speech
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