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pronomination|prəʊnɒmɪˈneɪʃən|
[In sense 1 f. pro-1 + nomination, imitating Gr. ἀντονοµασία, antonomasia; in sense 2 f. L. prōnōmen pronoun + -ation.]
†1. = antonomasia. Obs. rare.
1611Cotgr., Antonomasie, a pronomination. 1629Mabbe tr. Fonseca's Devout Contempl. 134 Called..by an Antonomasia, or pronomination, ‘The Ships of Tharshish’.
2. Indication or reference by means of a pronoun.
1899N. & Q. 9th Ser. III. 448/2 Has any rule been laid down by grammarians..for the pronomination or pronounization of this word [church]? |
