vocable

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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 Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

Thus, ‘people’ is indeed ‘populus’, but it was ‘peuple’ first, while ‘popular’ is a direct transfer of a Latin vocable into our English glossary.

From English Past and Present by Palmer, Abram Smythe

Suppose I have an idea to which I give utterance by the vocable 'skrkl,' claiming at the same time that it is true.

From Meaning of Truth by James, William

There is no such Saxon vocable as dare, to stare.

From Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Sometimes he merely alters a letter or two; sometimes he twists off the head or the tail of the unfortunate vocable altogether.

From Spenser by Church, R. W. (Richard William)