appellative

Example Sentences

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Now a taxidermied water buffalo head — the ox — watches from above the bar, while the appellative bull is represented across from it in gleaming metal.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023

The younger brother softened at the old appellative; he composed his ruffled feathers, and went at it more submissively.

From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) by Robinson, Frederick William

Comedy was the general appellative for a play.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

From the verb comes the appellative ffrwd, a torrent, corresponding with the Bohem. praud, of the same meaning.

From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert

It is however replaced in the New Testament by an appellative.

From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Lord, Eleazar