The Collaborative International Dictionary
Compellation \Com`pel*la"tion\, n. [L. compellatio, fr.
compellare to accost, fr. compellere. See Compel.]
Style of address or salutation; an appellation.
``Metaphorical compellations.''
--Milton.
He useth this endearing compellation, ``My little
children.''
--Bp.
Beveridge.
The peculiar compellation of the kings in France is by
``Sire,'' which is nothing else but father.
--Sir W.
Temple.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of directing oneself directly to another. 2 A designation, identifying name or title.
Usage examples of "compellation".
That name and compellation of little Flock, doth not comfort, but deject, my Devotion.
Western was arrived in town, she went to pay her duty to him, at his lodgings at Piccadilly, where she was received with many scurvy compellations too coarse to be repeated, and was even threatened to be kicked out of doors.