ecclesiology

• ecclesialogy, ekklesiology (rare)

From ecclesio- +‎ -logy. Coined by a writer of the British Critic in 1837, as ecclesialogy.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɪˌkliːziˈɒlədʒi/, /ɛˌkliːziˈɒlədʒi/
• Hyphenation: ec‧cle‧si‧ol‧o‧gy

ecclesiology (countable and uncountable, plural ecclesiologies)

1. The branch of theology concerned with the doctrines, role etc. of a church.
2. The science of building and decorating churches.

• ecclesiologic, ecclesiological, ecclesiologist, ecclesiologistic
• see Ecclesiastes