prenomen

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To this influence our clay tablets bear witness by twice making emphatic reference to the days of the powerful “Manakhbiria”—the prenomen of King Thutmosis III.

From The Tell El Amarna Period by Hutchison, J. (Jane)

The foreign sovereigns, however, almost always addressed the Pharaoh by his prenomen.

From The Tell El Amarna Period by Hutchison, J. (Jane)

Each monarch had two names, respectively called prenomen, or divine name, somewhat analogous to our Christian name, and the nomen, corresponding to our surname.

From Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics by King, James

Old Marmaduke, for this formidable prenomen was a kind of appellative to the race, brought with him, to that asylum of the persecuted an abundance of the good things of this life.

From The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore

The various Terraces, each with a prenomen more graceful than the other, are the same.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various