theological

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English theology

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

Middle English -ical

English -ical

English theological

From theology + -ical.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /θi.əˈlɑd͡ʒɪkl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /θɪəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: theo‧lo‧gi‧cal

Adjective

theological (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to theology.
   • 1990 September 23, Wendy Doniger, “Why the Body Is Disgusting”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 August 2022:

     Woody Allen has provided what is probably the best theological answer to the problem of evil: God is not evil; He is just an underachiever.

Synonyms

• theologic

Derived terms

• antitheological
• astrotheological
• atheological
• biotheological
• ecotheological
• metatheological
• neurotheological
• nontheological
• ontotheological
• physicotheological
• pretheological
• semitheological
• theologically
• theological virtues
• untheological

Related terms

• theologian
• theologist
• theology

Translations

of or relating to theology

• Armenian: աստվածաբանական (astvacabanakan)
• Asturian: teolóxicu
• Bulgarian: богословски (bogoslovski)
• Catalan: teològic
• Czech: teologický (cs)
• Danish: teologisk
• Dutch: theologisch (nl)
• Finnish: teologinen (fi)
• French: théologique (fr)
• Galician: teolóxico (gl)
• Georgian: თეოლოგიური (teologiuri)
• German: theologisch (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: θεολογικός (theologikós)

• Hungarian: teológiai (hu), hittudományi (hu), hittani (hu)
• Italian: teologico (it)
• Latvian: teoloģisks
• Occitan: teologic
• Polish: teologiczny (pl)
• Portuguese: teológico (pt)
• Romanian: teologic (ro)
• Russian: теологи́ческий (ru) (teologíčeskij), богосло́вский (ru) (bogoslóvskij)
• Slovak: teologický (sk)
• Spanish: teológico (es)
• Swahili: kitheolojia
• Swedish: teologisk (sv)
• Tagalog: bathalanin
• Volapük: godavik (vo)
• Yiddish: טעאָלאָגיש (teologish)

Anagrams

• ethological, lethologica