TYPTOLOGY
\tɪptˈɒləd͡ʒi], \tɪptˈɒlədʒi], \t_ɪ_p_t_ˈɒ_l_ə_dʒ_i]\
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tip-tol'[=o]-ji, n. the so-called science or theory of spirit-rapping.--adj. TYPTOLOG'ICAL.--n. TYPTOL'OGIST, one by whose means spirit-rappings are alleged to be induced: one who professes to believe in the genuineness of these. [Gr. typtein, to strike, logia--legein, to say.]
By Thomas Davidson
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