typology
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typology (countable and uncountable, plural typologies)
- The study of symbolic representation, especially of the origin and meaning of Scripture types.
- The systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics.
- (archaeology) The result of the classification of things according to their characteristics.
- (linguistics) Classification of languages according to their linguistic trait (as opposed to ancestrality like Romance languages).
- (religion) The doctrine of Scripture types or figures.
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systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
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result of the classification of things according to their characteristics
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classification of languages
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