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epistology

noun

Etymology

From Latin epistola or its etymon Ancient Greek ἐπῐστολή (epĭstolḗ) + -ology.

  1. derived from ἐπῐστολή
  2. derived from epistola

Definitions

  1. The study of letters and epistles.

    • Chapter Five is an analysis of several poems further to clarify Carew’s ideas, and six, “The Crown of Bays” treats other genres of Carew’s poetry—epistology and elegy.
    • Considered from the point of view of epistology form, ‘To Mr B.B.’ is interesting as a type of deliberative epistle, with a fairly simple structure:[…]

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