Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Nomination

Nomination , noun

[Latin nominatio: compare French nomination.]

1.
The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated; as, to win the nomination.
The nomination of persons to places being... a flower of his crown, he would reserve to himself. — Clarendon
2.
The denomination, or name. [Obsolete] — Bp. Pearson