compellation
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It is the ordinary compellation of the Holy Ghost, “Man being in honour, and understanding not, is like the beasts that perish,” Psal. xlix.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
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 Hugh Binning
“My son;” what compellation could be more benign and kind?
From Sermons on Evil-Speaking by Isaac Barrow
He gives me the compellation of "The Author of a Dramatic Essay"; which is a little Discourse in dialogue, for the most part borrowed from the observations of others.
From An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments by Professor Thomas Seccombe Arber
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 Alexander Whyte
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