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The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root.

One who discourses on the skin and its diseases; one versed in dermatology.

A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation. No man living is a thousand descents removed from Adam himself. Hooker.

portions of many large and remarkable fishes of extinct groups. See the Diagram under Geology.

prise; an obstacle; an impediment; as, the difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology. They lie under some difficulties by reason of the emperor's displeasure. Addison.

the first time through the brain a phonetic expression; -- jocosely so called from the analogy of the sound of a bell induced by the stroke of the clapper.

ion; ill character; disesteem; discredit. At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute. Sir W. Scott.

Relating to divinity or theology. Church history and other divine learning. South.

science which treats of God, his laws and moral government, and the way of salvation; theology. Divinity is essentially the first of the professions. Coleridge. , casuistry.

implied that the affair does not concern the person denoted by the subject of have. "Philology has to do with language in its fullest sense." Earle. "What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah 2 Sam. xvi. 10.

ty, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology.

[They] are as assertive and dogmatical as if they were omniscient. Glanvill. Dogmatic theology. Same as Dogmatics.

The science which treats of Christian doctrinal theology.

Pertaining to doxology; giving praise to God. Howell.

To give glory to God, as in a doxology; to praise God with doxologies.

Intellectually clouded. Though dusky wits dare scorn astrology. Sir P. Sidney.

Relating to physical forces, effects, or laws; as, dynamical geology. As natural science has become more dynamic, so has history. Prof. Shedd. Dynamical electricity. See under Electricity.

Belonging to ecclesiology.

One versed in ecclesiology.

One skilled in the antiquities of Egypt; a student of Egyptology.