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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesis;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hermeneutics \Her`me*neu"tics\, n. [Gr. ? (sc. ?).] The science of interpretation and explanation; exegesis; esp., that branch of theology which defines the laws whereby the meaning of the Scriptures is to be ascertained. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hermeneutics n 1: the branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesis