PRAENOMEN • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Praenomen

... devotional practices and, in fact, the whole celebration is of a purely popular character receiving no approbation, and but bare toleration, from church or clergy. Even to the present day Declan's name is borne as their praenomen by hundreds of Waterford men, and, before introduction of the modern practice of christening with foolish foreign names, its use was far more common, as the ancient baptismal registers of Ardmore, Old Parish, and Clashmore attest. On the other hand Declan's name ...

— The Life of St. Declan of Ardmore • Anonymous

... to mark the different clans and families, and distinguish the individuals of the same family—the praenomen, nomen and cognomen. ...

— Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology - For Classical Schools (2nd ed) • Charles K. Dillaway