Antedating of "Terminology"

[Fred Shapiro]

terminology (OED 1801)

1771 Bielfeld, Jacob Friedrich, Freiherr von. The elements of universal
erudition. 164 (Eighteenth Century Collections Online)  The anatomists
divide their art into several parts, and these divisions are not without
their utility: they prevent confusion in a science whose terminology alone
requires a considerable study.

Fred Shapiro


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