onomasticon

[ on-uh-mas-ti-kon, -kuh n ]

/ ˌɒn əˈmæs tɪˌkɒn, -kən /

a list or collection of proper names.

a list or collection of specialized terms, as those used in a particular field or subject area.

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1700–10; < Greek onomastikòn (bíblion) vocabulary arranged by subjects; see onomastic

"Drill" is used in the same sense in Charleton's "Onomasticon Zoicon," 1668.
Lectures and Essays|T.H. Huxley
Onomasticon urbium & locorum sacræ scripturæ, in voce Βηζαϑά.
Medica Sacra|Richard Mead
A great number of references to authors who have treated of Galileo is given by Sach in his Onomasticon.
The Life of Galileo Galilei, with Illustrations of the Advancement of Experimental Philosophy|John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune
Eusebius in his Onomasticon uses it as a central point from which the distances of other towns are measured.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3|Various

Cicero had a high opinion of his intellectual powers, and considered him a great orator (see Orelli, Onomasticon Tullianum).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4|Various