compellation
An act of addressing a person by a certain name or titleAn act of addressing a person by a certain name or title.
Meaning
3 senses(archaic, rare)An act of addressing a person by a certain name or title.
(archaic, rare)A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; an appellation, a designation.
(obsolete)An act of addressing or speaking to someone; also, the address or speech so made.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from Latin compellātiōnem (“act of addressing”) + English -ion (suffix indicatingBorrowed from Latin compellātiōnem (“act of addressing”) + English -ion (suffix indicating the result of an action or process). Compellātiōnem is the accusative singular of compellātiō (“a rebuke, reprimand, reproof”), from compellō (“to compel; to urge; to drive together”) (from com- (prefix indicating a bringing together of several things) + pellō (“to drive, impel; to strike”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to approach; to drive; to strike; to thrust”)) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results). Compare appellation.
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Forms
plural: compellations| Singular | compellation |
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