Monday’s Evening Times of Glasgow list the Top 10 Obscure -ologists
1 Vexillologist: Someone who studies and collects information on flags.
2 Astacologist: A person who investigates and analyses crayfish.
3 Omnibologist: A bus-spotter, or someone who studies motor buses.
4 Pogonologist: Someone who makes studies of beards.
5 Sindonologist: One who studies the Shroud of Turin.
6 Philematologist: Someone concerned with the art and study of kissing.
7 Labologist: A person who studies and collects beer and wine bottle labels.
8 Ktenologist: One who studies the science of putting people to death.
9 Deltiologist: A person who collects and studies postcards.
10 Batologist: Someone who is concerned in the study of brambles.
This is why I never use the term.
With three o’s in a row, a y, and a i, sindonology (and its counter part sindonologist) is also difficult to spell correctly. In some cases falling into an entirely different field of study.
We see sindonology in various forms on the web:
1) sindonogy
http://shroudstory.com/2014/02/04/the-two-lirey-badges-unmistakable-differences/
http://shroudstory.com/2013/08/22/google-mccrone-and-my-dog/
2) sindonoly
http://www.cirac.org/teledoc/Engine3/frameSites.htm
3) syndonology, syndonologi
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/980405/plus9.html
and probably ten of thousands other pages.
4) sindology (which is a different field of study)
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/define/Sindology
http://www.economicswiki.com/tag/sindology-wiki/
5) sindonlogy
http://shrouduniversity.com/osucon08/abstracts/kennethstevenson.htm
http://tonylayne.blogspot.com/2013_03_01_archive.html#.UyP-KF6aJhQ
and probably a few thousands more places on the web.
6) …
But sindonology is here to stay. I just wish it was in people’s computer dictionary (including mine).