Apposition

ap-poz-ish′un, n. the act of adding: state of being placed together or against: juxtaposition: ( gram. ) the annexing of one noun to another, in the same case or relation, in order to explain or limit the first: also used of a public disputation by scholars, and still the word in use for the 'Speech Day' at St Paul's School, London.— adjs. Apposi′tional ; Appos′itive , placed in apposition. [See Apposite .]