NOMINATION

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated. The nomination of persons to places being . . . a flower of his crown, he would reserve to himself. Clarendon.

2.
n.

The denomination, or name. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.