compellation

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To enforce this the more sweetly, he useth this affectionate compellation, “little children,” for in all things affection hath a mighty stroke, almost as much as reason.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

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

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.

That name and compellation of "little flock" doth not comfort, but deject, my devotion; especially when I reflect upon mine own unworthiness, wherein, accord- ing to my humble apprehensions, I am below them all.

From Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend by Browne, Thomas, Sir

“My son;” what compellation could be more benign and kind?

From Sermons on Evil-Speaking by Barrow, Isaac