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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 com·pel·la·tion /ˌkɑmpəˈleʃən, ˌpɛ-/
 稱呼他人姓名,姓名

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Com·pel·la·tion n.  Style of address or salutation; an appellation. “Metaphorical compellations.”
    He useth this endearing compellation, =\“My little children.”\=   --Bp. Beveridge.
    The peculiar compellation of the kings in France is by =\“Sire,” which is nothing else but father.\=   --Sir W. Temple.