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
Example Sentences
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Nothing could have been more appositely imagined than this compellation.
From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by Beckford, William
In the following passage, this word is used as a titulary compellation, like the word lordship.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
It is the ordinary compellation of the Holy Ghost, “Man being in honour, and understanding not, is like the beasts that perish,” Psal. xlix.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
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.
From Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States by Darley, F.O.C.
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.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
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