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† transnomiˈnation Obs. [ad. late L. transnōminātiōn-em, rendering Gr. µετωνυµία metonymy: see trans- and nomination. Cf. F. transnomination (Littré).] A change of name; spec. in Rhet. = metonymy.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. xiv. 94 When the Apostle exhorteth the Ephesians to remembre that they were forein gestes of the testamentes,..he saith, that they were not partakers of Circumcision. Whereby he doth (by figure of transnomination) signifie that they were excluded from the promise it self, which had not receiued the signe of the promise. 1675Brooks Gold. Key Wks. 1867 V. 256 Oh, happy transnomination! Christ's bride being one with him⁓self..is called, ‘the Lord our righteousness’. 1715Kettlewell Chr. Obedience 11 An ordinary figure..which the rhetoricians call a metonomie or transnomination, and that is a transferring of a word, which is the particular name of one thing to express another. |