agnomen
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While its most familiar building is a Catholic cathedral and its most famous sports franchise carries a heavenly agnomen, New Orleans lacks a non-gridiron saint.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 25, 2017
The agnomen adoptivum indicates his transference by adoption from one gens to another.
From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock
The second agnomen recalls the fact of his victory over the Carthaginians, while the addition of the word 'minor' distinguishes him from the former wearer of the same title.
From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock
Metellus was recalled, enjoyed a triumph, and received the agnomen of NUMIDICUS.
From Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. by Robert Franklin Pennell
Ramsay of Dalhousie had a younger brother, who, from the estate he held—a small parcel of the ancestral acres—bore a name, or rather an agnomen, yet to be historic in song, 'The Laird of Cockpen.'
From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by William Henry Oliphant Smeaton
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