[f. Gr. τύπος: see TYPO- and -LOGY.]
1. The study of symbolic representation, esp. of the origin and meaning of Scripture types; also transf. symbolic significance, representation, or treatment; symbolism.
1845. P. Fairbairn, Typology Script. (1857), I. i. 1. The Typology of Scripture has been one of the most neglected departments of theological science.
1850. W. M. Hetherington, in Chr. Sabbath (1852), X. 277. The true character of the Sabbath and the misapplication to it of the principle of typology.
1856. Tait’s Mag., XXIII. 241. There is typology as well as a teleology in nature.
1862. Neale, Hymns East. Ch. (1866), 82. S. Stephen the Sabaite is not deficient in richness of typology.
1867. H. Macmillan, Bible Teach., vii. (1870), 139. He who understands the typology of plants, finds an eloquent tongue in every leaf.
1882. Farrar, Early Chr., I. 105. Contrast the numerous errors and monstrously crude typology of the former [the Epistle of Barnabas] with the splendid spiritualism of the latter [the Epistle to the Hebrews].
2. The study of or a discourse on printing types or printing.
1882. [implied in TYPOLOGICAL a. 2].
