ˌnäməˈnāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English nominacioun, from Middle French nomination, from Latin nomination-, nominatio, from nominatus (past participle) + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : the act, process, or an instance of nominating: as
a.
(1) : an act or right of designating by name for an office or duty : appointment
won for the crown the right of nomination to all benefices
(2) : the act or an instance of proposing by name for offices as a preliminary to appointment upon approval or confirmation by some person or body
the senate approved all the president's nominations
(3) : the act, process, or an instance of proposing, selecting, or formally entering by any of various methods as a candidate for a public or nonpublic office
the process whereby party members select the person they wish to bear the party emblem in the race … is called nomination — O.P.Field, P.S.Sikes, & J.E.Stoner
b. Church of England : the naming of a clergyman by a partron to the rightful authority for presentation in cases where patronage does not include the legal rights of a presenter
2. : the state of being nominated
competition for the nomination was very keen
— often used in the phrase in nomination
kind enough to put my name in nomination for this job — Rolfe Humphries
3. archaic
a. : name , denomination
b. : assignment of a name
4. : the part of the Roman legal formula that designates by name the judex or the recuperatores
5. : the preliminary entry in a race of a horse by name