prenomen
Example Sentences
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These, by a curtailment or national corruption of their proper prenomen, would be ordinarily styled Sandy this, Jock that.
From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding
Upon the breast are the familiar cartouches of Rameses II., namely, Ra-user-Ma-sotep-en-Ra, his prenomen; and Ra-me-su-Meri-amen, his nomen.
From Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics by James King
The foreign sovereigns, however, almost always addressed the Pharaoh by his prenomen.
From The Tell El Amarna Period by J. (Jane) Hutchison
He has since generally been known in history, however, by the simple prenomen, Nero.
From Nero Makers of History Series by Jacob Abbott
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 James Fenimore Cooper
