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–noun

1.	a name, title, or designation.

2.	appellative (def. 1).

3.	the act of naming.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME appelacion < OF < L appellātiōn- (s. of appellātiō) a naming, equiv. to appellāt(us) (see appellate) + -iōn- -ion

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ap·pel·la·tion Audio Help (āp'ə-lā'shən) Pronunciation Key
n.

A name, title, or designation.
A protected name under which a wine may be sold, indicating that the grapes used are of a specific kind from a specific district.
The act of naming.

[Middle English appelacion, from Old French appelation, from Latin appellātiō, appellātiōn-, from appellātus, past participle of appellāre, to entreat; see appeal. Sense 2, from French appellation (d'origine contrôlée), (registered vintage) trade name, from appellation, trade name, from Old French appelation.]

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appellation
noun
identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

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Appellation

Ap`pel*la"tion\, n. [L. appellatio, fr. appellare: cf. F. appellation. See Appeal.]

1. The act of appealing; appeal. [Obs.] --Spenser.

2. The act of calling by a name.

3. 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. --Hume.

Syn: See Name.

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Appellation

Name\, n. [AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G. name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. nam[=o], L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know), Gr. 'o`mona, Scr. n[=a]man. [root]267. Cf. Anonymous, Ignominy, Misnomer, Nominal, Noun.]

1. The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. --Gen. ii. 19.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. --Shak.

2. A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts.

His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. --Is. ix. 6.

3. Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction.

What men of name resort to him? --Shak.

Far above . . . every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. --Eph. i. 21.

I will get me a name and honor in the kingdom. --1 Macc. iii. 14.

He hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin. --Deut. xxii. 19.

The king's army . . . had left no good name behind. --Clarendon.

4. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.

The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities. --Motley.

5. A person, an individual. [Poetic]

They list with women each degenerate name. --Dryden.

Christian name. (a) The name a person receives at baptism, as distinguished from surname; baptismal name. (b) A given name, whether received at baptism or not.

Given name. See under Given.

In name, in profession, or by title only; not in reality; as, a friend in name.

In the name of. (a) In behalf of; by the authority of. " I charge you in the duke's name to obey me." --Shak. (b) In the represented or assumed character of. "I'll to him again in name of Brook." --Shak.

Name plate, a plate as of metal, glass, etc., having a name upon it, as a sign; a doorplate.

Pen name, a name assumed by an author; a pseudonym or nom de plume. --Bayard Taylor.

Proper name (Gram.), a name applied to a particular person, place, or thing.

To call names, to apply opprobrious epithets to; to call by reproachful appellations.

To take a name in vain, to use a name lightly or profanely; to use a name in making flippant or dishonest oaths. --Ex. xx. 7.

Syn: Appellation; title; designation; cognomen; denomination; epithet.

Usage: Name, Appellation, Title, Denomination. Name is generic, denoting that combination of sounds or letters by which a person or thing is known and distinguished. Appellation, although sometimes put for name simply, denotes, more properly, a descriptive term, used by way of marking some individual peculiarity or characteristic; as, Charles the Bold, Philip the Stammerer. A title is a term employed to point out one's rank, office, etc.; as, the Duke of Bedford, Paul the Apostle, etc. Denomination is to particular bodies what appellation is to individuals; thus, the church of Christ is divided into different denominations, as Congregationalists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, etc.

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