What does "anthropology" mean?
Anthropology: The science of man; -- sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as an animal.
Additional senses
- 2.That manner of expression by which the inspired writers attribute human parts and passions to God.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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