compellation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   archaic or rare: a name or title used to address or identify someone

   The letter addresses the judge with the compellation Your Honour.

2. 2
   noun

   archaic or rare: the act of addressing someone by a particular name or title

   The prayer begins with a compellation of God as Father.

From Latin compellatio, an addressing or accosting, from compellare, to address. Compare appellation. This is a rare historical term for naming or addressing, rather than an ordinary synonym for compulsion.

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