eo nomine
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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If a Freeholder is exempt, eo nomine, it will be impossible to go on with the pressing service.
From The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore by Hutchinson, J. R. (John Robert)
But bockle and brownie are probably both foreign importations borrowed from books, though a ‘brownie’ eo nomine has been reported from Sennen within the last twenty years.
From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans
The legislation against betting eo nomine began in 1853.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
The art of cheating, ingannazione, seems to be at present the only one in Italy irrepresented, eo nomine, by a teacher.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 by Various
Patrick is not now, eo nomine, a 'patrician;' Bridget is not necessarily 'strong' or 'bright;' and in the name of Mary, hallowed by its associations, only the etymologist can detect the primitive 'bitterness.'
From The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages by Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond)
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