Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Name (-s)
name (-s), n. [OE.] (webplay: fame, honor, species, star).
- Authority; agency; office; representation; honor; sphere of action; power to bless.
- Person; personage; [fig.] God; Deity; divine Being.
- Moniker; appellation; written identity symbol; letters expressing the set of sounds that one is known by.
- Grave inscription.
- Toponym; symbol for a place; [fig.] reputation; eminence; distinction; prestige; status.
- Memory; image; character; personality; existence; life; specified human being.
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