Definitions for: Nomination


[n] the act of officially naming a candidate; "the Republican nomination for Governor"
[n] an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election; "the nomination was brief and to the point"
[n] the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election; "there was keen competition for the nomination"; "his nomination was hotly protested"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: nominating address, nominating speech

See Also: appointment, assignment, condition, designation, naming, oratory, status

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