What is "nomenclators"

Usage examples of "nomenclators".

An odd characteristic is that nomenclators were always written on large folded sheets of paper, whereas modern codes are almost invariably in book or booklet form.

Though some of the nomenclators that Bergenroth recovered were later found in the archives, many others never were, and only his cryptanalyses brought the documents to light.

Mary not infrequently ordered changes in her nomenclators, which were much smaller and flimsier than the diplomatic ones.

The nomenclators had had their 1,- or 2,000 code-numbers in mixed order, but the war and foreign ministries balked at the expense of drawing up a 50,000-entry code in two parts, and they had no professional cryptanalysts to warn them of the danger of the one-part format.

His sister laughed with him, squeezed his hand again, and then stepped aside so that the horrified nomenclators could resume their duties.