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Heortology (noun) means the branch of study concerned with religious festivals.

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The branch of study concerned with religious festivals.

"For the same reason, in accordance with the meaning of the term "Heortology," he has concerned himself with those festivals alone which are publicly celebrated, or were so celebrated formerly." — A Priest of the Diocese of Westminster, Preface (1901)

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