D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Philology

/(fĭ*lŏl"ō̇*jy̆)/ · Phi·lol·o·gy · IPA /fɪˈlɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
01 n. Criticism; grammatical learning.
  1. 1.
    Criticism; grammatical learning.[R.]
  2. 2.
    The study of language, especially in a philosophical manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical development of languages; linguistic science.
  3. 3.
    A treatise on the science of language.