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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Nominal

Nōm'i-nal, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. nominalis, from nomen, nominis, a name; Fr. & Sp. nominal, It. nominale.]

  1. Pertaining to a name or names; consisting in names.
  2. Existing in name only; as, a nominal distinction or difference.

He passed eighteen months in nominal attendance on lectures. Macaulay.

Nŏm'i-nal, n.

noun
  1. A nominalist. [Obs.]
  2. (Gram.) A word formed or derived from a noun, especially a verb so formed. [Rare.]