agnomen

Example Sentences

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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

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

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.

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

The agnomen adoptivum indicates his transference by adoption from one gens to another.

From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph