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Definition of In name only
1. Adverb. By title or repute though not in fact. "He's a doctor in name only"
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Name Only
Literary usage of In name only
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... and for the most part they are Franciscan in name only, not a few of them
having abandoned the habit and even the traditional cord of the order. ..."
2. Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries by Edward Bagby Pollard, Mitchell Carroll, Alfred Brittain, Pierce Butler, John Robert Effinger, Hugo Paul Thieme, Hermann Schoenfeld, Bartlett Burleigh James, John Ruse Larus (1908)
"... serfdom disappeared, or existed in name only, and the relation between the
country gentry and the peasants became increasingly intimate and kindly. ..."
3. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... in name only, only nominally. nimenomaan expressly, explicitly; ... Is known (1.
goes) by the name of . .; vain siksi nimeksi in name only, ..."
4. My Recollections (1909)
"... Auntie Craw " : George Bruce—" duffer " in name only : Lady Grey de Wilton :
The Empress Elizabeth of Austria : Sunday jumps : A meet at Belvoir in 1873 ..."
5. Select Treatises of S. Athanasius, Archbishop of Alexandria, in Controversy by Athanasius, John Henry Newman (1844)
"Unless Father and Son are two in name only, or as parts and so each imperfect,
or two gods, they are consubstantial, one in Godhead, and the Son from the ..."
6. The Progressive Course in Reading: First[-fifth] Book by George I. Aldrich, Alexander Forbes (1899)
"Yes, Uncle, and that is why I think the prairie dog is a dog in name only." XXIX.
THE LAPPS AND THEIR REINDEER. There is a country far away in the north ..."
7. Six Months on the Italian Front: From the Stelvio to the Adriatic, 1915-1916 by Julius Mendes Price (1917)
"... Grosses " cafe—Animated scene—A cafe in name only—Empty cellar and larder—Water
supply cut off—A curious incident—Fifteen months a voluntary prisoner—A ..."
8. Three Law Tracts: I. The Compleat Copyholder; Being a Discourse of the by Edward Coke, William Hawkins (1764)
"... for neither of them hath any manor but in name only ; but if part of the ...
in name only, In ..."
9. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... and for the most part they are Franciscan in name only, not a few of them
having abandoned the habit and even the traditional cord of the order. ..."
10. Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries by Edward Bagby Pollard, Mitchell Carroll, Alfred Brittain, Pierce Butler, John Robert Effinger, Hugo Paul Thieme, Hermann Schoenfeld, Bartlett Burleigh James, John Ruse Larus (1908)
"... serfdom disappeared, or existed in name only, and the relation between the
country gentry and the peasants became increasingly intimate and kindly. ..."
11. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... in name only, only nominally. nimenomaan expressly, explicitly; ... Is known (1.
goes) by the name of . .; vain siksi nimeksi in name only, ..."
12. My Recollections (1909)
"... Auntie Craw " : George Bruce—" duffer " in name only : Lady Grey de Wilton :
The Empress Elizabeth of Austria : Sunday jumps : A meet at Belvoir in 1873 ..."
13. Select Treatises of S. Athanasius, Archbishop of Alexandria, in Controversy by Athanasius, John Henry Newman (1844)
"Unless Father and Son are two in name only, or as parts and so each imperfect,
or two gods, they are consubstantial, one in Godhead, and the Son from the ..."
14. The Progressive Course in Reading: First[-fifth] Book by George I. Aldrich, Alexander Forbes (1899)
"Yes, Uncle, and that is why I think the prairie dog is a dog in name only." XXIX.
THE LAPPS AND THEIR REINDEER. There is a country far away in the north ..."
15. Six Months on the Italian Front: From the Stelvio to the Adriatic, 1915-1916 by Julius Mendes Price (1917)
"... Grosses " cafe—Animated scene—A cafe in name only—Empty cellar and larder—Water
supply cut off—A curious incident—Fifteen months a voluntary prisoner—A ..."
16. Three Law Tracts: I. The Compleat Copyholder; Being a Discourse of the by Edward Coke, William Hawkins (1764)
"... for neither of them hath any manor but in name only ; but if part of the ...
in name only, In ..."
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