dition

English

Etymology

From Latin ditiō, diciō. Compare French dition.

Noun

dition

  1. (obsolete) Dominion; rule or power.
    • 1640, Thomas Fuller, “A Comment on 1 Cor. XI. 18, &c.”, in Ioseph’s Partie-coloured Coat: Containing, a Comment on Part of the II. Chapter of the I. Epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthians. [], London: [] Iohn Dawson, for Iohn Williams, [], →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

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Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Latin ditiōnem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

dition f (plural ditions)

  1. authority (absolute)