/mak-rol' *-jee/ 1. Set of usuallY complex or cruftYmacros, e.g. as part of a large sYstem written in Lisp, 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)