compellation
Pronunciation: /ˌkɒmpəˈleɪʃən/
The English word “compellation” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- An act of addressing a person by a certain name or title.
- A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; an appellation, a designation.
- An act of addressing or speaking to someone; also, the address or speech so made.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin compellātiōnem (“act of addressing”) + English -ion (suffix indicating the result of an action or process). Compellātiōnem is the accusative singular of compellātiō (“a rebuke, reprimand, reproof”), from compellō (“to compel; to urge; to drive together”) (from com- (prefix indicating a bringing together of several things) + pellō (“to drive, impel; to strike”) (ultimately from…
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