Meaning & use
Philological
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Relating to philology, the study of language in written historical sources and the structure and development of languages.
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The scholar's philological analysis traced the word's roots back to Old Norse.
Her philological training helped her decipher the ancient manuscript.
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Philology once encompassed most of what modern linguistics studies, especially historical and comparative language study.
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