appellative

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It will be seen at a glance that such appellatives are rare, by comparison, in the present day.

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A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas.

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So he can apply to himself whichever title he likes best; but whether he deserves either one or the other, depends on what he has done to merit the appellative.

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

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We had not yet shown ourselves, and Wabberley continued shouting, sometimes, "Ahoy!" sometimes my name, always prefixing the respectful appellative "master," and not calling me plain "Brent," as Hoggett had done.

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