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Webster 1913 Edition

Pharology

Pha-rol′o-gy

,

Noun.

[Gr.

φάροσ

a lighthouse +

-logy

.]

The art or science which treats of lighthouses and signal lights.

Definition 2024

pharology

pharology

English

Noun

pharology ‎(uncountable)

The study of lighthouses, or other forms of light-signalling.
- 2008, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian, 15 July 2008, G2, p. 10:
  Her previously unknown passion for pharology is shedding light on an obscure area of expertise (hobby sounds so belittling).