compellation

[ kom-puh-ley-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of addressing a person.
2. manner or form of address; appellation.

compellation

/ ˌkɒmpɛˈleɪʃən /

noun

1. a rare word for appellation

Word History and Origins

Origin of compellation¹

1595–1605; < Latin compellātiōn- (stem of compellātiō ) an accosting, a rebuke. See com-, appellation

Word History and Origins

Origin of compellation¹

C17: from Latin compellātiō, from compellāre to accost, from appellāre to call

Example Sentences

Compellation, kom-pel-ā′shun, n. style of address: an appellation.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

I will not stand neither upon the names and titles of kings, &c. to be given to tyrants and usurpers, in speaking to them or of them, by way of appellation or compellation: for we find even tyrants are called by these names in scripture, being kings in fact, though not by right and indeed not impertinently, kings and tyrants for the most part are reciprocal terms.

From Project Gutenberg

Nothing could have been more appositely imagined than this compellation.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

Unbelievers are unreasonable men, αλογος, brutish, yea, in a manner, beasts;—this is an ordinary compellation in scripture.

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