compellation

Example Sentences

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“My son;” what compellation could be more benign and kind?

From Sermons on Evil-Speaking by Barrow, Isaac

That name and compellation p. 84of ‘little flock’ doth not comfort but deject my devotion, especially when I reflect upon mine own unworthiness, wherein, according to my humble apprehensions, I am below them all. 

From Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation by Whyte, Alexander

Nothing could have been more appositely imagined than this compellation.

From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by Beckford, William

In the following passage, this word is used as a titulary compellation, like the word lordship.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer

To enforce this the more sweetly, he useth this affectionate compellation, “little children,” for in all things affection hath a mighty stroke, almost as much as reason.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh