compellation

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Nothing could have been more appositely imagined than this compellation.

From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by Beckford, William

He gives me the compellation of "The Author of a Dramatic Essay"; which is a little Discourse in dialogue, for the most part borrowed from the observations of others.

From An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments by Arber, Thomas Seccombe, Professor

In the following passage, this word is used as a titulary compellation, like the word lordship.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer

That name and compellation p. 84of ‘little flock’ doth not comfort but deject my devotion, especially when I reflect upon mine own unworthiness, wherein, according to my humble apprehensions, I am below them all. 

From Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation by Whyte, Alexander

And, accordingly, we find the schoolmistress—being a descendant of the Jason's-crew, who landed from the Argo-Mayflower, usually bearing a name thus significant, and manifesting, even at her age, traits of character justifying the compellation.

From Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States by Darley, F.O.C.