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English
Etymology
From Latin ditiō, diciō. Compare French dition.
Noun
dition
- (obsolete) Dominion; rule.
1640, T[homas] F[uller], “A Comment on 1 Cor. XI. 18, &c.”, in Ioseph’s Partie-colored Coat: Containing, a Comment on Part of the 11. Chapter of the 1. Epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthians: , London: Iohn Dawson, for Iohn Williams, , →OCLC; republished as William Nichols, editor, Joseph’s Party-coloured Coat: , London: William Tegg, 1867, →OCLC, page 16:[B]y those many kings mentioned in the Old Testament, "thirty and one" in the little land of Canaan, (Joshua xii. 24,) is meant only toparchs, not great kings, but lords of a little dition and dominion; […]
1674, John Evelyn, Navigation and Commerce:Henry the Eight add[ed] the portcluse to his current money, as a character of his peculiar title to this dition
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Latin ditiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
dition f (plural ditions)
- authority (absolute)