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