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gnomology|nəʊˈmɒlədʒɪ|
[ad. Gr. γνωµολογία the uttering or collecting of gnomes, f. γνώµη gnome1 + -λογία discoursing, collection, f. λογ-, λεγ- to say, to collect: see -logy.]
1. A collection of general maxims or precepts.
1645Milton Tetrach. Wks. (1847) 204/2 Which art of powerful reclaiming, wisest men have also taught in their ethical precepts and Gnomologies. 1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋ 234 These Hæmatognomists..in their Gnomologies may be compared to [etc.]. 1736Bailey (folio) Pref., Gnomologies..Adagies or Proverbs. 1837–9Hallam Hist. Lit. II. i. ii. §21, 22 Several of the publications of Neander are gnomologies, or collections of moral sentences from the poets.
2. Gnomic discourse; the sententious element in writing.
1806W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. II. 143 There is sound sense in the thinking, selection in the gnomology, condensation in the style [etc.]. 1889Edin. Rev. No. 345. 74 Ben Sira expanded the gnomology of preceding writers by opening up the larger vistas of human relations. |