prenomen

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Neither do I. It's perfectly horrid; and it is my standing grievance against my parents that they saddled upon their innocent babe so uncouth a prenomen.

From Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Bayne, Mary Addams

He has since generally been known in history, however, by the simple prenomen, Nero.

From Nero Makers of History Series by Abbott, Jacob

These, by a curtailment or national corruption of their proper prenomen, would be ordinarily styled Sandy this, Jock that.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry

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 King, James

The foreign sovereigns, however, almost always addressed the Pharaoh by his prenomen.

From The Tell El Amarna Period by Hutchison, J. (Jane)