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Webster 1913 Edition


Anthropology

Anˊthro-pol′o-gy

,
Noun.
[Gr.
ἄνθρωποσ
man +
-logy
.]
1.
The science of the structure and functions of the human body.
3.
That manner of expression by which the inspired writers attribute human parts and passions to God. See also
anthropopathite
,
anthropopathism
,
anthropomorphist
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Anthropology

ANTHROPOL'OGY

,
Noun.
[Gr. man, and discourse.]
1.
A discourse upon human nature.
2.
The doctrine of the structure of the human body; the natural history or physiology of the human species.
3.
The word denotes that manner of expression by which the inspired writers attribute human parts and passions to God.