Study of symbols

• Classification according to general type
• Study of symbolism

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. classification according to general type

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ language typology EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Competition entrants are asked to look at how to transform the tower block typology into a new type of community. ▪ None the less, it would be unwise to conclude that all areas ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Typology (in urban planning and architecture) is the taxonomic classification of (usually physical) characteristics commonly found in buildings and urban places, according to their association with different categories, such as intensity of development ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Typology \Ty*pol"o*gy\, n. [Type + -logy.] (Theol.) A discourse or treatise on types. (Theol.) The doctrine of types.