praenomina

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A form of praenomen — A first name or given name; particularly the first of the tria nomina (three nouns) borne by free male Roman citizens.

Scrabble 14

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noun
  1. pluralplural of praenomen

    There are 36 known praenomina, though there may originally have been more.

    1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv

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