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Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lo…

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.
  2. n. The vocative case.
  3. adj. relating to a case used in some languages
  4. n. the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed
  5. Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord. The vocative case.
  6. Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically(Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or formof the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing isaddressed; as, Domine, O Lord.
  7. n. the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed a. relating to a case used in some languages