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nomination


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nomination  \Nom`i*na"tion\,  n.  [L.  nominatio:  cf  F. 
  nomination.] 
  1.  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.  The  denomination,  or  name  [Obs.]  --Bp.  Pearson. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nomination 
  n  :  the  act  of  nominating  (especially  a  candidate  for  election) 
  [syn:  {nominating}] 




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