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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Appellation

/ăpˌ-əl-āsh'-ən/ · Ap·pel·la·tion · IPA /ˌæpəˈleɪʃən/
01 n. The act of appealing; appeal.
  1. 1.
    The act of appealing; appeal.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    The act of calling by a name.
  3. 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.