agnomen

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While its most familiar building is a Catholic cathedral and its most famous sports franchise carries a heavenly agnomen, New Orleans lacks a non-gridiron saint.

From Washington Times • Mar. 25, 2017

To these names was sometimes added another, the agnomen, given for some exploit, or to show that the person was adopted from some other gens.

From Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. by Pennell, Robert Franklin

Sometimes there was also a fourth name, called the agnomen, added from some illustrious action, or remarkable event.

From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Dillaway, Charles K.

I was a little anxious to know whether her ladyship would honour me with an agnomen.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 04 by Edgeworth, Maria

Ramsay of Dalhousie had a younger brother, who, from the estate he held—a small parcel of the ancestral acres—bore a name, or rather an agnomen, yet to be historic in song, 'The Laird of Cockpen.'

From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant