vocable
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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)
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 Brown, Goold
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)
So similar to the Maya vocable Kaan, a tie, a rope; hence a clan: a number of people held together by the tie of parentage.
From Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa by Le Plongeon, Augustus
It is known under the double vocable of Lyon et Vienne, and is the outgrowth of the more ancient ecclesiastical province of Vienne, whose archiepiscopal dignity was domiciled in St. Maurice.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
