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Quotation dates: 1456-1470, 1521-1681
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Nominatio(u)n, n. [Late ME. (1425) and e.m.E. nomination, -acion, nomynacio(u)n, OF. nominacion, -ation, L. nōminātio.]
1. The action of giving one a certain name or title; designation, denomination. 1456–70 Liber Aberbr. II. 107.
The … smyth … vas callit lard of Caute in derisioun … and becaus he was callit swa … quhoubeit it was bot for derisioun, our predecessoris thynkand it onkyndle tyll thole ane nominatioun of lardschipe of sic ane man … thai remowit … the said smyth 1551 Hamilton Catechism 131.
Thame that ar callit goddis allanerly be fals nominatioun and usurpatiouns
2. The act or right of proposing someone by name for election or appointment; appointment by name, nomination. (Cf. Nominat v. 3 and 4.)In the 16th c. chiefly of ecclesiastical appointments. 1521 Douglas Corr. IV. 80.
That thir thre lordis … suld have the nominatioun and pontinge of al his servandis 1529 Reg. Privy S. II. 26/1.
Quharfor our soverane lord … revokis … all dispositionis and nominationis maid to ony personis … ; and speciale revokis … that … gift or nominatioun maid … to Schir Johnne Scharp 1532 Reg. Cupar A. I. 315.
Our souerane lord hes … dischargit ane vthir indult of nominatioun of certane benefices grantit … to his grace be our said haly fader the Pape, and all vthir nominationis impetrate or to be impetrate during his gracis lyftyme —1562 Bk. Univ. Kirk I. 16 (see Nominat v. 4 (c) (4)). — 1590 St. A. Kirk S. 683.
To adverteis the maist speciallis baith of the universite, town, and upon land, to be present at ten houris to the nominatioun of ane uther minister in the communion ile 1613 Criminal Trials III. 262.
And that be the said nominatioun of tutorie the said Robert … was defraudit of the charge of thais bairnes 1643 Dunferm. Ann. 308.
Declairing hereby that the patronage, nomination, and presentation of the said minister … shall belong to the parochiners and heritors 1655 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 158. 1658 Ib. 170. 1681 Stair Inst. iii. viii. § 15.
The essential and chief point of a testament is the nomination of an heir, either by institution or substitution
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