Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Nomination \Nom`i*na"tion\, n. [L. nominatio: cf. F.
   nomination.]
   1. The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person
      as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the
      state of being nominated.

            The nomination of persons to places being . . . a
            flower of his crown, he would reserve to himself.
                                                  --Clarendon.

   2. The denomination, or name. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson.

Source : WordNet®

nomination
     n 1: the act of officially naming a candidate; "the Republican
          nomination for Governor"
     2: the condition of having been proposed as a suitable
        candidate for appointment or election; "there was keen
        competition for the nomination"; "his nomination was hotly
        protested"
     3: an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the
        name of a candidate to run for election; "the nomination
        was brief and to the point" [syn: {nominating speech}, {nominating
        address}]