Nominally
(Nom"i*nal*ly), adv. In a nominal manner; by name; in name only; not in reality. Burke.
Nominate
(Nom"i*nate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nominated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Nominating ] [L. nominatus,
p. p. of nominare to nominate, fr. nomen name. See Name.]
1. To mention by name; to name. [Obs.]
To nominate them all, it is impossible.
Shak. 2. To call; to entitle; to denominate. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. To set down in express terms; to state. [Obs.]
Is it so noiminated in the bond?
Shak. 4. To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint; esp., to name as a candidate for an
election, choice, or appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate for an office
or place.
Nominately
(Nom"i*nate*ly) adv. By name; particularly; namely. [Obs.] Spelman.
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.
Nominatival
(Nom`i*na*ti"val) a. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to the nominative case.
Nominative
(Nom"i*na*tive) a. [L. nominativus belonging to a name, nominative.] (Gram.) Giving a
name; naming; designating; — said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite
verb. — n. The nominative case.
Nominatively
(Nom"i*na*tive*ly), adv. In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative.
Nominator
(Nom"i*na`tor) n. [L.] One who nominates.
Nominee
(Nom`i*nee") n. [See Nominate, and -ee.] A person named, or designated, by another, to
any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.
Nominor
(Nom"i*nor`) n. [See Nominate, and -or.] A nominator. [Obs.] Bentham.
Nomocracy
(No*moc"ra*cy) n. [Gr. law + -cracy, as in democracy.] Government in accordance with a
system of law. Milman.
Nomography
(No*mog"ra*phy) n. [Gr. law + to write.] A treatise on laws; an exposition of the form
proper for laws.
Nomology
(No*mol"o*gy) n. [Gr. law + - logy.]
1. The science of law; legislation.
2. The science of the laws of the mind; rational psychology. Sir W. Hamilton.
