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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] judgment, maxim + [GREEK] discourse: cf. F.

gnomologie

A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections.

[Obs.]

Milton.

Noun.

[Gr. a maxim or sentence, and discourse.]

A collection of maxims, grave sentences or reflections. [Little used.]

gnomology ‎(plural gnomologies)

(obsolete) A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections.
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