Dictionary entry

Appellation

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ap′pel‐la″tion (�), n. [L. appellatio, fr. appellare: cf. F. appellation. See Appeal.] 1. The act of appealing; appeal. Spenser.

2. The act of calling by a name.

3. The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation.

They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates.

Hume.

Syn. — See Name.