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‖ onoˈmasticon
[a. Gr. ὀνοµαστικόν (sc. βιβλίον) book of names, vocabulary: see onomastic.]
A vocabulary or alphabetic list of proper names, esp. of persons. Formerly used more widely of a vocabulary of names or nouns, or even of a general lexicon.
Often used as a title of works of this nature, e.g. that of Jul. Pollux (180–238) which was a vocabulary arranged according to subjects and not alphabetically: cf. the Lat.-Eng. Nominale, and similar works of the 15th c., reprinted by Wright-Wülcker.
1710W. Hume Sacr. Success. 130 What we find in all Thesaurus's, Lexicons, Glossaries, Onomasticons, etc. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. III. 3 To make use of the Onomasticons, publish'd by those learned Protestant Lexicographers, H. Stephens, J. Scapula, Scrivelius and Passorius. 1877Smith & Wace Dict. Chr. Biog. Pref. 10 The intention was entertained of exhibiting a complete Onomasticon of the Christian World for the first eight centuries. 1879Conder Tentwork Pal. II. 136 The distance..is not much greater than that given by the Onomasticon for Lachish. 1889Ch. Q. Rev. XXVII. 308 The heading Joannes..[exemplifies] the fulness of this dictionary [Christian Biography] as an Onomasticon, there being no fewer than 595 separate entries under it. |