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
Sometimes there was also a fourth name, called the agnomen, added from some illustrious action, or remarkable event.
From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Charles K. Dillaway
To these names was sometimes added another, the agnomen, given for some exploit, or to show that the person was adopted from some other gens.
From Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. by Robert Franklin Pennell
Why old Antony was persuaded of the devil to christen his second child by the ungodly agnomen of Henry, we are not informed.
From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Charles W. Bardsley
The agnomen adoptivum indicates his transference by adoption from one gens to another.
From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock
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