compellation
Americannoun
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the act of addressing a person.
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manner or form of address; appellation.
noun
Etymology
Origin of compellation
1595–1605; < Latin compellātiōn- (stem of compellātiō ) an accosting, a rebuke. See com-, appellation
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Compellation, kom-pel-ā′shun, n. style of address: an appellation.—adj.
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Nothing could have been more appositely imagined than this compellation.
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It is the ordinary compellation of the Holy Ghost, “Man being in honour, and understanding not, is like the beasts that perish,” Psal. xlix.
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To enforce this the more sweetly, he useth this affectionate compellation, “little children,” for in all things affection hath a mighty stroke, almost as much as reason.
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And, accordingly, we find the schoolmistress—being a descendant of the Jason's-crew, who landed from the Argo-Mayflower, usually bearing a name thus significant, and manifesting, even at her age, traits of character justifying the compellation.
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