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Webster 1913 Edition
Appellation
1.
The act of appealing; appeal.
[Obs.]
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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Appellation
APPELLA'TION
,Noun.
Name; the word by which a thing is called and known. Spenser uses it for appeal.