cognominally

Example Sentences

• "She accompliſhed in 1706 a union of England and Scotland into one kingdom, ſtyled, cognominally with the the^([sic]) iland of which they are parts, the kingdom of Great-Britain;"
• "“Rich in worldly things,” I resumed, with a sigh, “but cognominally I am impoverished, degraded, sunk deeper than plummet ever sounded. Were it a fair name, I could submit; but this is a nickname, a byword, a reproach.[…]”"
• "Oh, Wilhelmina—Wilhelmina— / Sweet swearer “by the living jingo!”— / Thy Goldsmith ne’er had soiled so fine a / Mouth as thine own with vulgar lingo, / But for thine other name;—he knew / That “gods” must knuckle down to “fegs,” / When oaths out-flew from maids like you, / Cognominally known as—Skeggs."
• "The double ovals appear in other monuments, and thus cognominally identify the kings."
• "Be it notified unto you, that I am lineally descended from my hero: the masculine parent of King Arthur was cognominally furnished like myself—he also was a Pendragon."
• "He made many inquiries about the business of the town, and especially of the inhabitants cognominally."