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compellation Now rare or arch.|kɒmpəˈleɪʃən|
[ad. L. compellātiōn-em addressing, n. of action f. compellāre: see prec.]
1. Addressing or calling upon any one; an address; the words addressed to any one. arch. Obs.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1361 Mine opinion is, that this writing Ei..is an entier salutation of it selfe, and a compellation of the God. 1609R. Barnerd Faithf. Sheph. 67 Compellation; which is a calling vpon the Hearers, to a consideration of the thing spoken. 1642Rogers Naaman 484 His compellation, Incline thine eare, hearken unto me. 1642W. Ames Marrow Div. 275 That which..doth infer a compellation of the Devill to receive his helpe or counsell. 1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. 478 An Apostrophe, or affectionate Compellation of all that passe by to be..touch't with her sorrows. 1711Reflect. Wall's Hist. Inf. Bapt. 191 At each compellation putting him [the baptiz'd person] down into the water. 1864Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. IV. 161 Having completed the introductory compellation he continued.
2. a. Addressing by a particular name or title.
1645Ussher Body Div. (1647) 353 A Preface of compellation..in the first words, Our Father which art in heaven. 1691E. Taylor tr. Behmen, Life 425 Amazed at the Strangers familiar compellation of him by his Christian Name. 1862F. Hall Hindu Canons Dram. (1865) 23 The rules of compellation, to be observed by the persons of the drama.
b. The name, title, or form of words by which a person is addressed; style of address.
1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. §58 That name and compellation of little Flocke, doth not comfort but deject my devotion. a1652Brome Love-sick Crt. iii. ii, Mat. My soveraign Lord. Str. I like that compellation. 1749Fielding Tom Jones xvi. ix, He was received with many scurvy compellations too coarse to be repeated. 1846Trench Mirac. i. (1862) 104 So far from any harshness, the compellation [‘Woman’] has something solemn in it.
c. The name, title, or style, used in speaking of a person (or thing); an appellation.
1637Bastwick Litany ii. 16 The worst things are varnished ouer with finest names and compellations. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. vi. 202 Abraham..agreed with her..to go by the Compellation of his sister. 1677Govt. Venice 317 Honorius..calls the Republick of Venice by the Honourable title of Most Christian..under which honourable Compellation, etc. 1809Kendall Trav. III. lx. 2 Among the more modern compellations of the federalists, the favourite ones are traitors, tories, etc.
†3. Reproach, reprimand, reproof; a calling to account. [So in Lat.] Obs. rare.
1656Blount Glossogr., Compellation, a blaming or reproving. 1658Ussher Ann. vii. 863 Such compellations and imprecations, as calamitous times are commonly the witnesses of. 1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 191 A deacon in a simple compellation may accompany himself with two deacons. |