the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A rhetorical mode of speech, including tropes, or changes from the original import of the word.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A rhetorical or figurative mode of speech; the use of tropes or metaphors.
n. A treatise on tropes or figures.
n. Specifically, that use of a Scripture text which gives it a moral significance apart from, or rather implied or involved in, its direct and temporary meaning.
Word Usage
"In the poem's historical moment, however, his is an address, an appeal, that can count on the natural cycle of the seasons, can readily steep its tropology of restoration in the certain circuit of their transitions."