Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ON-TOL'O-GY
ON-TOL'O-GY, n. [Gr. οντα, from ειμι, and λογος, discourse.]
That part of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essence of all beings, their qualities and attributes. – Encyc.
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