compellationn.
/kɒmpəˈleɪʃən/ Now rare or archaic.† 3. Reproach, reprimand, reproof; a calling to account. [So in Latin.] Obsolete. rare.
1. Addressing or calling upon any one; an address; the words addressed to any one. archaic. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > addressing or speaking to > [noun]
compellation1603
allocution1615
encountera1616
alloquy1623
accostmenta1626
accost1807
alloquialism1872
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1361 Mine opinion is, that this writing Ei..is an entier salutation of it selfe, and a compellation of the God.
1609 R. Bernard Faithfull Shepheard (new ed.) 67 Compellation; which is a calling vpon the Hearers, to a consideration of the thing spoken.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 484 His compellation, Incline thine eare, hearken unto me.
1642 tr. W. Ames Marrow Sacred Divinity 275 That which..doth infer a compellation of the Devill to receive his helpe or counsell.
1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 478 An Apostrophe, or affectionate Compellation of all that passe by to be..touch't with her sorrows.
1711 Reflect. Wall's Hist. Inf. Bapt. 191 At each compellation putting him [the baptiz'd person] down into the water.
1864 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. IV. 161 Having completed the introductory compellation he continued.
2.
a. Addressing by a particular name or title.
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the mind > language > naming > [noun] > addressing by name
compellation1645
1645 J. Ussher Body of Divin. (1647) 353 A Preface of compellation..in the first words, Our Father which art in heaven.
1691 E. Taylor tr. Behmen Life 425 Amazed at the Strangers familiar compellation of him by his Christian Name.
1862 F. 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.
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the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > name used to address a person
compellation1643
compellative1656
form of address1675
1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §58 That name and compellation of little Flocke, doth not comfort but deject my devotion. View more context for this quotation
a1652 R. Brome Love-sick Court iii. ii. 127 in Five New Playes (1659) Mat. My soveraign Lord. Str. I like that compellation.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvi. ix. 70 She was received with many scurvy Compellations too coarse to be repeated. View more context for this quotation
1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles i. 100 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.
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the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun]
nameeOE
wordeOE
clepinga1300
namingc1300
neveningc1300
titlec1390
notea1393
stylec1400
calling?a1425
nomination?a1425
vocable1440
appellation1447
denomination?a1475
vocation1477
preface1582
prenomination1599
nomenclature1610
expressiona1631
denotation1631
appellative1632
compellation1637
denominate1638
nomenclation1638
nominance1642
titularity1643
entitlement1823
compellative1830
cognomen1852
tally1929
denotative1944
anthroponym1952
1637 J. Bastwick Answer to Exceptions against Letany ii. 16/1 The worst things are varnished ouer with finest names and compellations.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. vi. 202 Abraham..agreed with her..to go by the Compellation of his sister.
1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 317 Honorius..calls the Republick of Venice by the Honourable title of Most Christian..under which honourable Compellation, etc.
1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. III. lx. 2 Among the more modern compellations of the federalists, the favourite ones are traitors, tories, etc.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [noun]
acoupementc1300
accusinga1350
impeachment1387
accusementa1393
accusation?c1400
witingc1449
charge1477
impetition1530
threap1538
imputationa1586
deposition1587
impeach1591
insimulation1592
accusal1594
arraignment1595
taxation1605
arguing1611
tax1613
impositiona1616
tainture1621
incusation1623
touchinga1625
aggravation1626
accrimination1655
compellation1656
imputea1657
inculpation1798
finger-pointing1851
j'accuse1899
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun]
telingeOE
chastiment?c1225
snapinga1300
snibbinga1300
reproving?1316
undernimminga1325
correctiona1340
threapening1340
admonishingc1350
reproofa1375
scourgingc1374
correptionc1380
repreyningc1390
reprehensiona1413
undertakingc1430
rebuke?a1439
admonition1440
correptingc1449
rebut?c1450
reprehendingc1450
redargution1483
reproval1493
increpation1502
prisec1540
tasking1543
check1588
improof1590
snubbing1600
threap1636
compellation1656
reprovement1675
reprimanding1698
rowing1812
lecturing1861
carpeting1888
eldering1912
woodshedding1940
stick1956
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Compellation, a blaming or reproving.
1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 863 Such compellations and imprecations, as calamitous times are commonly the witnesses of.
1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 191 in Justice Vindicated A deacon in a simple compellation may accompany himself with two deacons.
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