vocable

Example Sentences

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The philanthropic spectator suffers from no scarcity of words to express his particular attitude if he desires to do so; why then should he not leave socialists the enjoyment of their vocable?

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John

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)

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)

But the Maya vocable Thallac, signifies a thing without steadiness, like the sea.

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

We find ourselves before a Greek vocable reproduced in Tifinar.

From Atlantida by Benôit, Pierre