Antedating of "Materialism"

[Fred Shapiro]

materialism (OED 1713)

1696 Jane Lead _A Fountain of Gardens_ (Early English Books Online)  And
that there may be some Such even in This Day, wherein Materialism and
Sadducism do certainly no less, (if not much more) eminently, than in the
First Day of Christs Appearance in a low Corporeal Form, Reign and
Triumph.

Fred Shapiro


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