Meaning of APPELLATION
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| | Definition: | | [n] identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others |
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| | Synonyms: | | appellative, denomination, designation |
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| | See Also: | | cognomen, moniker, name, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet, title | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ap`pel*la"tion\, n. [L. appellatio, fr. appellare:
cf. F. appellation. See {Appeal}.]
1. The act of appealing; appeal. [Obs.] --Spenser.
2. The act of calling by a name.
3. The word by which a particular person or thing is called
and known; name; title; designation.
They must institute some persons under the
appellation of magistrates. --Hume.
Syn: See {Name}.
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| | Related Terms: | | appellative, baptism, binomen, binomial name, byword, calling, christening, cognomen, cryptonym, definition, denomination, designation, empty title, epithet, eponym, euonym, handle, honorific, hyponym, identification, label, moniker, name, namesake, naming, nicknaming, nomen, nomen nudum, proper name, proper noun, scientific name, secret name, style, styling, tag, tautonym, terming, title, trinomen, trinomial name |
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