dition
English
Etymology
From Latin ditiō, diciō. Compare French dition.
Noun
dition
- (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
References
- “dition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
dition f (plural ditions)
- authority (absolute)