vocable
Example Sentences
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Since Steam’s 1969 hit and “Hey Jude” both employ a common non-lexical vocable, it follows that sports fans in their home countries have adopted each for their own purposes.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Then the wrath of the old Inspector became vocable.
From The Red Acorn by John McElroy
But some, on the authority of good authors, make the parts only eight; as Aristarchus, and, in our day, Palæmon; who have included the vocable, or appellation, with the noun, as a species of it.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
But they who make the noun one and the vocable an other, reckon nine.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
The first church edifice on this site was consecrated in 606 by St. Virgil, under the vocable of St. Etienne.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
