nominationn.
/ˌnɒmᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌnɑməˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ a. A name, a title; a manner of designation. Cf. nomenclature n. 1. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun]
nameeOE
wordeOE
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stylec1400
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vocable1440
appellation1447
denomination?a1475
vocation1477
preface1582
prenomination1599
nomenclature1610
expressiona1631
denotation1631
appellative1632
compellation1637
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nomenclation1638
nominance1642
titularity1643
entitlement1823
compellative1830
cognomen1852
tally1929
denotative1944
anthroponym1952
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Hunterian) f. 67v Alle ȝif..þer be but one bone, ȝit it haþ þre names, oþer þre nominaciouns [?c1425 Paris namynge].
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. Cxv/2 Ye shulde leue your right your tytle..and nominacion of you [as] kyng of fraunce..and be content only In wryting wyth rex anglie.
?1553 Respublica (1952) i. iv. 15 Avar. Oh I shoulde have sayde, helpe sir Reformacyon. Oppr. Yea Marye sir that is my nomynacion.
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vi. 317 Abhorring such nomination, they had reuerenced the name of the Duke Valentynois.
1601 A. Munday Downfall Earle of Huntington sig. D2 My nomination Radulfe is or Ralph, Uulgars corruptly vse to call mee Rafe.
1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall v. 75 Who cares to subsist..under naked nominations, without deserts and noble acts.
1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse ii. vi. 77 By these several nominations or names it goes.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 164 The North-Briton..observed that he himself had the honour of a scriptural nomination.
1794 T. Taylor tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece III. 251 They found themselves unable to discover the cause of their nomination; but were informed that the one was called Eros.., and the other Anteros.
b. The action or right of assigning a name or names. Cf. nomenclature n. 2. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > naming > [noun]
nemningOE
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callingc1475
nominiona1513
christening1528
nuncupation1532
Christendom1570
dedication1576
appellation1583
denominative1589
nomenclaturea1620
cognomination1623
nomenclaturing1803
name-giving1863
nominature1864
c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) 651 (MED) Which cowde make most merveluss operacion, Of that grete cyte shuld haue the nominacion.
a1470 in C. Innes & P. Chalmers Liber S. Thome de Aberbrothoc (1856) II. 107 Our predecessoris thynkand it onkyndle tyll thole ane nominatioun of lardschipe of sic ane man.
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Tabil sig. *.iv How thair is goddis be false nominatioun.
1601 J. Marston Perfectioni Hymnus in R. Chester Loves Martyr 175 What should I call this creature..? All nomination is too straight of sence.
1636 W. Methwold Diary 13 June in Eng. Factories in India 1634–6 (1911) 255 There was festivity held with musique and sweetemeates according to the custome of this country, and last a nomination of seven severall shippes intended for severall voyadges.
1680 Don Tomazo 118 For the re-payment whereof they drew a Bill upon another Merchant of their own invention and nomination at London.
1756 J. Clubbe Hist. Wheatfield in Misc. Tracts (1770) I. 30 From that moment, according to the capricious and licentious nomination of men and things of those times, called it Whatfield.
1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (xii. 8–9) 301 The name then was not first given at the second nomination by him.
1877 J. A. Heraud Uxmal ii. 24 I fear your new truths—(for so I believe you dignify them in your nomination)—are great disseverers of affection.
c. Designation by a certain name. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > language > naming > [noun] > designation by a certain name
nomination1865
1865 Cornhill Mag. Aug. 194 The general mediæval usage of Italy, in the popular nomination of artists by their Christian names alone.
a. The action of mentioning a person or thing (by name); an instance of this. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > naming > [noun] > mentioning by name
denominationa1398
nominationc1425
c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 21 (MED) At the nomynacioun of the glorious Apostle, the same fyre semyd to suffre violence.
c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 61 (MED) Wijsdom comeþ not..forto be numbrid expresseli as oon of þe intellectual..vertues in open nomynacioun.
a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum 54 in Poems (1899) 45 (MED) Thaugh there be no demonstracion At begynnyng by nominacion, The ende shall showe euery thinge as it is.
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1357/2 To put your hand to your head, and at the nomination..of the Popes holynesse vncouer the same.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. ii. 133 To the snow-white hand of the most bewtious Lady Rosaline. I will looke againe on the intellect of the letter, for the nomination of the partie written to the person written vnto. View more context for this quotation
1623 T. Aylesbury Serm. 49 Christian eares would be offended at the nomination of those things that are done in secret.
1665 Intelligencer No. 80 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 621 That great and wise Prelate..is so well known, that the sole nomination of the Founder is a sufficient accompt of the elegance..of the Foundation.
b. The action of specifying or fixing a time, place, etc.; the condition of being specified. Obsolete. rare.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > ordinance, prescription, or appointment
besight1258
ordainmenta1325
constitution1393
assignationa1400
signmentc1425
appointmentc1440
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pointingc1449
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prescription1542
prescribement1563
assignment1597
nomination1597
designation1609
consignation1650
reassignment1650
reassignation1655
consignmenta1668
appunctuation1768
destination1868
allocation1876
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being determined or specified > specification of something desired or decided on
nomination1597
fixation1776
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. iv. 5 Buc. Are all things fitting for that royall time? Dar. It is, and wants but nomination . View more context for this quotation
c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 141 When plaite was in nomination to pay a tax, ye Earle..sold it all.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxx. 195 Your nomination of a day.
3.
a. The action or right of appointing a person by name to some office or duty; an instance of this.In early use chiefly with reference to ecclesiastical appointments.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > nomination to office
namingc1300
nomination1430
designment1582
nominatinga1599
designation1605
nominature1864
1430 in H. M. Flasdieck Mittelengl. Originalurkunden (1926) 95 (MED) Thei shall enfeffe other persones, of the nomination of the seid Thomas Chaucer.
1454 Rolls of Parl. V. 253/2 Nominations of Abbays, Prioryes, Hospitals, Churches.
1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 19 The same Griseld at the nominacion and desire of the same late Cardynall therof enfeoffed Laurence late Bisshoppe of Duram.
1539 Act 31 Hen. VIII c. 13 §2 All the..advousons, nominacions, patronages, annuityes..and other hereditamentes whatsoeuer.
1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 3 After nine was the congregation for the nomination.
1601 Ld. Mountjoy Let. in F. Moryson Itinerary (1617) ii. 122 To informe you that Sir Hen. Dockwra hath had greater favour in the nomination of Captaines then he.
1643 in E. Henderson Ann. Dunfermline (1879) 308 The patronage, nomination, and presentation of the said minister..shall belong to the parochiners and heritors.
1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 377 If I might have the Nomination, it should be He.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 91 In England the King has the Nomination of an Archbishop; and after such Nomination, he sends..to the Dean and Chapter, to elect the Person thus named by him.
1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. Introd. p. v The Honour conferred upon me by his Majesty's Nomination.
1804 T. Jefferson Let. 26 Nov. in Writings (1984) 1149 In the nominations I have to make, do the same justice to my motives.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vi. 3 He had absolute power over every nomination to an English benefice.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 242/2 The distinction between nomination to a living and presentation is to be noted. Nomination is the power, by virtue of a manor or otherwise, to appoint a clerk to the patron of a benefice, to be by him presented to the ordinary.
1932 Science 12 Feb. 174/2 The deanship implies maturity and the qualities of leadership, and these are best judged by scholars, in whose hands the nomination of dean should rest.
1983 A. Bullock Ernest Bevin iii. 100 Lord Inverchapel..was fond of telling the story of his nomination to the post of Ambassador in Washington.
b. Chiefly Politics. The action of proposing a person as a candidate for election or for an honour, award, etc.; the occasion or an instance of this.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [noun] > proposing as candidate
nomination1603
1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 101 The nomination being ended, the chiefe of the Companies demaunde of the people which of these three thus nominated, they are willing to elect.
1659 R. Brathwait Panthalia 39 Candy became infinitely distracted, touching the Nomination of their next Prince.
1792 R. Bage Man as he Is II. xxxix. 118 If you don't stand yourself, do me the favour to permit me the next nomination.
1850 R. Bell Ladder of Gold I. ii. vi. 300 As to Lord Valteline, he thought it would be time enough for him to appear at the nomination.
1861 Illustr. London News 17 Aug. 153/3 On Tuesday the nomination of a member for South Lancashire took place at Newton.
1900 Congress. Rec. 27 Jan. 1241/2 He aided in the nomination of Mr. Bryan for President, and was an enthusiastic supporter of the brilliant Nebraskan.
1956 Sun (Baltimore) 29 Aug. (B ed.) 14/2 Two weeks of nominations,..commentaries, teleprompted oratory and gavel-thumping.
1993 N.Y. Times 8 June a18/4 She and Mr. Mattox waged a furious primary campaign in 1990 for the nomination for governor.
4. † b. U.S. Politics. A set of nominees. Obsolete. rare.
a. Chiefly Politics. The fact or position of being nominated, esp. (formal acknowledgement of) the condition of being selected as a candidate in a political election; an instance of this.Formerly frequently in † in nomination.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > nomination to office > fact of being nominated
nominationa1513
designatehood1862
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xlv The best of the Cytie gaue the Nominacion vnto Aleyn Sowch, & dyuerse of ye other cryed vpon Thomas Fiz Thomas.
1612 North's Plutarch, Cæsar Augustus 1170 Giuing order that none should be put in nomination but such as were vertuous.
1699 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 485 The commons yesterday, after they expelled Mr. Woollaston, had in nomination some others.
1768 Sir J. Gray in Private Lett. Ld. Malmesbury (1870) I. 171 My acquaintance with Mr. Harris your father..made me readily acquiesce in your nomination.
1819 W. S. Rose Court & Parl. of Beasts i. 12 The Tiger first was put in nomination.
1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iv. ii. 232 A candidate is not precluded from offering himself, because he is not put in nomination the first day.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 147 The London Club, to which he had been elected about five years after nomination.
1939 W. I. Jennings Parliament ii. 27 The influence of a great landowner... May Secure nomination by the local Conservative association and so enable the person nominated to acquire a safe seat.
1992 Time 20 Jan. 18/2 For decades now, Democrats have had to run left to win their party's nomination.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > nomination to office > fact of being nominated > one who is nominated > set of
nomination1806
1806 N. Webster Compend. Dict. Eng. Lang. 203/1 Nomination,..in Connecticut, a list of men selected by choice as candidates for council or congress.
a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) I. 257 At the same time, and place, they vote, also, for twenty persons as a Nomination for the Council of the ensuing year.
c. (The name of) a person who or thing which has been nominated; a nominee.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > nomination to office > fact of being nominated > one who is nominated
elite?a1400
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presentee1838
1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing lxv. 220 Putting all these things together, and the nominations in the papers, and the ‘hoorahs for Major Downing’, I dont [sic] know what it means.
1850 J. F. Cooper Ways of Hour xix. 325 It being unfortunately true, that ‘nominations’ are the real people of America..the State Senates very often contain members altogether unsuited to their trusts.
1901 Science 13 335/1 The other nominations were: Mr. Wharton, of London, Professor Albrecht, of Potsdam, and Professor Neumayer, of Hamburg.
1969 M. Puzo Godfather (1972) II. xiii. 190 When the Academy Award nominations came out and he found himself one of the candidates, he was depressed.
1987 Lancaster Guardian 2 Oct. 3/9 As there were no other nominations, the chairman and committee were re-elected en bloc.
1991 Amer. Econ. Rev. 81 374/1 The Nominating Committee shall present to the Executive Committe one nomination for President-elect.
5. Horse Racing. The action or an act of entering a horse into a race; (also) the horse that is entered. Cf. nominate v. 4.
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1829 C. F. Brown Turf Exporter 134 In all nominations and entrances..of horses, &c. which have not started previously.., the sire, dam, and grandam of the horse, &c. named or entered, must be mentioned.
1898 A. E. T. Watson Turf 242 (heading) Form of entry or nomination... Entries shall be made in writing, signed by the owner of the horse or his authorised agent.
1904 G. P. Williams Old Nation in New Chum's Let. Home 86 And gave in his nomination When the entry bell was rung, As a horse of the Maori Nation.
1992 Morgan Horse Nov. 81 (advt.) We will pay the mare and foal nomination fees for the first year into the World Morgan Futurity.
6. A planned mating between a particular mare and a particular stallion. Cf. nominate v. 5.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > horse-breeding
stint1764
horse-breeding1890
nomination1912
1912 Bloodstock Breeders' Rev. 1 169/2 (heading) Free nominations for mares.
1927 J. E. Platt Thoroughbred Race-horse iv. 29 It is necessary to book nominations for two, three, or even four years ahead.
1950 H. Wynmalen Horse Breeding vi. 110 If the horse is of a type and character that pleases you..you are not likely to go wrong in fixing upon your nomination.
1982 D. Francis Banker 66 Everyone who owns a share automatically has a nomination to the stallion every year.
2002 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 8 Feb. Major items to be auctioned include service nominations to champion stallions Catbird.., Belong To Me, [etc.]
Compounds
nomination borough n. British Politics a borough whose representation in Parliament was controlled by a small number of people; a close or pocket borough (now historical) (most of these boroughs were disfranchised by the Reform Act of 1832).
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1831 Examiner 467/1 [He] pronounces the nomination boroughs conservative—the hand-bolts of the Commons.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. viii. 108 Mr. Pitt took the opportunity of abolishing many of the smaller nomination boroughs.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 841/2 The anomalous system of close and nomination boroughs, which had arisen thus early [sc. by the reign of Henry VI] in English history, was suffered to continue without a check for four centuries.
1938 L. Woodward Age of Reform Introd. 25 The existence of the nomination borough and of the patron gave a peculiar character to English politics.
2001 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 2 Jan. c5 Pocket—or, nomination—boroughs were places such as Dunwich, which had no voters because it was completely submerged by the sea.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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