appellative

Example Sentences

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Now a taxidermied water buffalo head — the ox — watches from above the bar, while the appellative bull is represented across from it in gleaming metal.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023

Comedy was the general appellative for a play.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

Such, however, is not the case, George being his only Christian appellative.

From Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by Adams, H.C.

This appellative is one belonging to a sacred place of pilgrimage sacred to Ayonija, whose miraculous birth was thus brought about.

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas

It is however replaced in the New Testament by an appellative.

From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Lord, Eleazar