vocable

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It is known under the double vocable of Lyon et Vienne, and is the outgrowth of the more ancient ecclesiastical province of Vienne, whose archiepiscopal dignity was domiciled in St. Maurice.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

Then the wrath of the old Inspector became vocable.

From The Red Acorn by McElroy, John

The same vocable is preserved to our day in the name borne by one of the provinces of Persia, Khouzistan.

From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir

Never before or since, I fancy, has the air of the Adirondack wilderness vibrated more repugnantly to a vocable than it did that night to the word "academicism."

From Memories and Studies by James, Henry

We find ourselves before a Greek vocable reproduced in Tifinar.

From Atlantida by Benôit, Pierre