n.
Pronunciation: t ī - ' pä-l ə -j ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -gies
Date: 1845
1 : a doctrine of theological types especially : one holding that things in Christian belief are prefigured or symbolized by things in the Old Testament
2 : study of or analysis or classification based on types or categories
– ty · pol · o · gist \ -jist \ noun