-_jē noun
( -es )
Etymology: typ- + -logy
1. : a doctrine or theory of types ; specifically : a doctrine that things in the Christian dispensation are symbolized or prefigured by things in the Old Testament (as the sacrifice of Christ and the Eucharist by the sacrifice of the Paschal Lamb)
2. : study of or study based on types
the typology of the idealistic morphology — Franz Schwanitz
as
a. : classification (as of archeological remains or bacterial strains) based on comparative study of types
b. : comparative study of languages or aspects of languages as to their structures rather than their historical relations
c. : the distinction in the study of prose rhythm of types of internal structure of rhythmic systems or series in terms of combination of word-units, juncture, and pause
d. : study and especially analysis or division of humanity in terms of social types
the typology of union-management relations
the typology of religious groups