资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hierology \Hi`er*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?; "iero`s sacred + ?
   discourse: cf. F. hi['e]rologie.]
   A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which
   treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the
   Egyptians, or a treatise on that science.