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/ˌæpəlˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Appellation n.

The act of appealing; appeal. (Obs.)

The act of calling by a name.

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."

Synonyms: See Name.

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Etymology of 'Appellation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... mischiefs, of so alarming a nature to this country, and which I think, notwithstanding what the honourable gentleman has most ingeniously said, must determine from this very day, who deserves the character and appellation of a Briton, I hope you will forgive me, if I take this last opportunity which perhaps I may ever have of speaking with the freedom of a Briton in ...

— The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol. 11. - Parlimentary Debates II. • Samuel Johnson

... CAT'S-ELBOW. The name of a family of those parts very powerful in former times. The appellation, we are told, was given in compliment to a peerless dame of the family, celebrated ...

— Humorous Ghost Stories • Dorothy Scarborough

... think of Marble's sailing under such an appellation, and was about to suggest a compromise, when the subject of our discourse returned. The mate had regained his composure during the half-hour he had been absent; and I saw by the kind glance he threw on his mother, whose look answered his own more naturally ...

— Miles Wallingford - Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" • James Fenimore Cooper

... (said old Venerable) is very fearful of Discovery. I have known, Madam, a great many fine young Gentlemen and Ladies, who have conceal'd their violent Passions and greater Affection, under the Notion and Appellation of Brother and Sister. And your Ladyship imagines, Sir William and I do so? reply'd Philadelphia, by way of Question. 'Twere no imprudence, if you did, Madam, return'd old Lady Beldam, with all the Subtlety she had learn'd ...

— The Works of Aphra Behn - Volume V • Aphra Behn

... Fairies is Plant Annwfn, or Plant Annwn. This, however, is not an appellation in common use. The term is applied to the Fairies in the third paragraph of a Welsh prose poem called Bardd ...

— Welsh Folk-Lore - a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales • Elias Owen

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