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The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated.

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  1. n. The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated.
  2. n. The denomination, or name.
  3. n. the act of officially naming a candidate
  4. n. the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election
  5. n. an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election
  6. 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.
  7. n:100 n. the act of officially naming a candidate n. the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election