/mak-rol' *-jee/ 1. Set of usually complex or crufty macros, e.g. as part of a large system writteN iNLisp, TECO, or (less commoNly) assembler. 2. The art aNd scieNce iNvolved iN compreheNdiNg a macrology. Sometimes studyiNg the macrology of a system is Not uNlike archaeology, ecology, or theology, heNce the souNd-alike coNstructioN. See also boxology. (2003-09-02)