phraseology

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But their Authority can be of little use till the Text hath been correctly settled, and the Phraseology critically examined.

From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by Smith, David Nichol

Figurative Terms> Phraseology is literal when it says exactly what it means; is figurative when it says one thing, but really means another.

From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris)

In all branches of knowledge, the perception is gaining ground, how intensely our thinking and feeling has been damaged by the supremacy of the Abstract and of Phraseology.

From Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von

Learned Phraseology You remember the painful time that I spoke of when there was so much more of me than there ought to be?

From Diet and Health With Key to the Calories by Peters, Lulu Hunt

Phraseology as to "Course of Action", "Operation", and "Task".

From Sound Military Decision by Kalbfus, Edward C. (Edward Clifford)