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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the branch of philology that is devoted to the study of dialects; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dialectology \Di`a*lec*tol"o*gy\, n. [Dialect + -logy.]
   That branch of philology which is devoted to the
   consideration of dialects. --Beck.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dialectology
    n 1: the branch of philology that is devoted to the study of
         dialects