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Princeton's WordNet

  1. philologicaladjective

    of or relating to or dealing with philology

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  1. philologicaladjective

    Of or pertaining to the history of literature and words.

  2. philologicaladjective

    Pertaining to historical linguistics.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Philologicaladjective

    Critical; grammatical.

    Etymology: from philology.

    Studies, called philological, are history, language, grammar, rhetorick, poesy and criticism. Isaac Watts.

    He who pretends to the learned professions, if he doth not arise to be a critick himself in philological matters, should frequently converse with dictionaries, paraphrasts, commentators or other criticks, which may relieve any difficulties. Isaac Watts.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Philologicaladjective

    alt. of Philologic

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of philological in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of philological in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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