n. pl. tro·pol·o·gies 1. The use of tropes in speech or writing. 2. A mode of biblical interpretation insisting on the morally edifying sense of tropes in the Scriptures. [Late Latin tropologia, from Late Greek tropologiā : Greek tropos, trope; see TROPE + Greek -logiā, -logy.] tro′po·logic (trō′pə-lŏjĭk, trŏp′ə-), tro′po·logi·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj. tro′po·logi·cal·ly adv. |
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