vocable

Example Sentences

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The vocable e is used to express strong emotion.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

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)

Then the wrath of the old Inspector became vocable.

From The Red Acorn by McElroy, John

He would have analyzed this particular one with a minute delicacy beyond the powers of Clem Sypher through whose head rang the echo of the irritating vocable for some time afterwards.

From Septimus by Locke, William John

And, though for Oxford men the savour of the name itself has long evaporated through its local connexion, many things show that for the Founder himself it was no empty vocable.

From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Beerbohm, Max, Sir