'Paleography' definitions:
Definition of 'paleography'
(from WordNet)
noun
The study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them)
Definition of 'Paleography'
From: GCIDE
- Paleography \Pa`le*og"ra*phy\ (p[=a]`l[-e]*[o^]g"r[.a]*f[y^]), n. [Paleo- + -graphy: cf. F. pal['e]ographie.]
- 1. An ancient manner of writing; ancient writings, collectively; as, Punic paleography. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The study of ancient inscriptions and modes of writing; the art or science of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their origin, period, etc., from external characters; diplomatics. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'paleography'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alphabet,
- alphabetics,
- autography,
- bowwow theory,
- calligraphy,
- chirography,
- comparative linguistics,
- criticism,
- cryptanalysis,
- cryptography,
- cryptology,
- derivation,
- descriptive linguistics,
- diagnostics,
- dialectology,
- dingdong theory,
- epigraphy,
- etymology,
- exegetics,
- fist,
- futhark,
- glossematics,
- glossology,
- glottochronology,
- glottology,
- grammar,
- graphanalysis,
- graphemics,
- graphology,
- graphometry,
- hand,
- handwriting,
- hermeneutics,
- historical linguistics,
- Initial Teaching Alphabet,
- International Phonetic Alphabet,
- IPA,
- ITA,
- language study,
- letters,
- lexicography,
- lexicology,
- lexicostatistics,
- linguistic geography,
- linguistic science,
- linguistics,
- literary criticism,
- manuscript,
- mathematical linguistics,
- metoposcopy,
- morphology,
- morphophonemics,
- oneirology,
- pathognomy,
- pencraft,
- penmanship,
- penscript,
- philology,
- phonetics,
- phonology,
- physiognomics,
- physiognomy,
- psycholinguistics,
- runic alphabet,
- script,
- scription,
- scrive,
- semantics,
- semeiology,
- semeiotics,
- sociolinguistics,
- structuralism,
- stylography,
- syllabary,
- symptomatology,
- syntactics,
- textual criticism,
- transformational linguistics,
- tropology,
- writing system