Wiktionary:Word of the day/2020/October 27

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Word of the day
for October 27
compellation n
  1. (archaic, rare) An act of addressing a person by a certain name or title.
  2. (archaic, rare) A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; an appellation, a designation.
  3. (obsolete) An act of addressing or speaking to someone; also, the address or speech so made.

The song “I Call Your Name”, by the Norwegian band a-ha, was released on this day 30 years ago in 1990 in their album East of the Sun, West of the Moon.

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