Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Anthropology \An`thro*pol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man +
-logy.]
1. The science of the structure and functions of the human
body.
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2. The science of man, including the study of the ditribution
of physical and cultural attributes in relation to man's
origin, location, history, and environment; -- sometimes
used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an
object of natural history, or as an animal.
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3. That manner of expression by which the inspired writers
attribute human parts and passions to God. See also
anthropopathite, anthropopathism, anthropomorphist.
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