Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nomination"
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) 1.7 (wn)
nomination
n 1: the act of naming a candidate
2: an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the
name of a candidate to run for election [syn: {nominating
speech}, {nominating address}]
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