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Often used to refer to the AGN itself, rather than the host galaxy
Urry, C. Megan (1999) "BL Lac Objects and Blazars: Past, Present and Future", BL Lac Phenomenon conference held 22-26 June, 1998 in Turku, Finland, p. 3. -- available via arXiv preprintorHarvard non-OCRed scan
it looks like researchers often use it to mean the nuclei themselves. On the other hand, there are examples in the other direction like this. I will edit the intro's first sentence to reflect this. —Undomelin (talk) 21:55, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]