Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for NOM'IN-AL
NO'MI-ALNOM'IN-AL, or NOM'IN-AL-IST
NOM'IN-AL, a. [L. nominalis, from nomen. See Name.]
- Titular; existing in name only; as, a nominal distinction or difference is a difference in name and not in reality.
- Pertaining to a name or names; consisting in names.
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