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adj. - Using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated.

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  • This is what we call a metonymical extension - where a word extends its meaning to something contiguous with its original meaning (and may or may not eventually abandon...
  • Many reasons might be given of this metonymical expression, that I shall not now insist on.
  • Secondly, It is not a presence by virtue of a metonymical denomination, or an expression of the cause for the effect, that is intended.
  • Wherefore this expression is metonymical, that being spoken of the cause which is proper to the effect; the Spirit being said to be poured forth, because his graces are so.
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