Nominâtio, nominatiônis, f. g. verbâle. Plin. iun.A naming or appointment: a nomination.Nominatione sua cooptare aliquem.Cicer.To call one after his name: or by his nomination to choose one.Facere nominationem.Liu.To name or choose in place of an other.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
nōmĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [nomino], a naming. I. In gen.: consuetudo nominationum, Vitr. 6, 7, 7.—II. In partic. A. In rhet. lang., a figure of speech, whereby a thing which has no name, or an unsuitable one, receives an appropriate name, Auct. Her. 4, 31, 42.—B.A nomination to an office (rare but class.): paternum auguratus locum, in quem ego eum meā nominatione coöptabo, Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12: nominatio in locum pontificis non est facta, Liv. 26, 23: consulum, Tac. A. 6, 45.