onomasticon

“My working money—a total of three thousand dollars—is hidden between the pages of a big leather-bound onomasticon.”

Simon & Schuster: White Cat

“My only fear is that the book will be culled, since no one ever uses an onomasticon, but I think Wallingford keeps it because it looks expensive and obscure enough to reassure visiting parents that their kids are learning genius-type stuff.”

Simon & Schuster: White Cat

“Meanwhile, if the thesaursus doll had legal definitions printed on it, I believe it would instead be an “onomasticon”.”

The Volokh Conspiracy » Thesaurus Inventus:

“Appended to the lives are annotations, explaining any difficulties therein; while no less than five or six indexes adorn each volume: the first an alphabetical list of Saints discussed; the second chronological; the third historical; the fourth topographical; the fifth an onomasticon, or glossary; the sixth moral or dialectic, suggesting topics for preachers.”

The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1

“Mission archéol.institut. français, II, ii, 133; De Vit, Totius latinitatis onomasticon, IV (1887), cites all the passages from ancient authors, Greek and Latin, where mention is made of Memphis;”

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman

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