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dition

dition noun: dominion; rule or power.

Noun

dition

  1. (obsolete) Dominion; rule or power.
    • [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; […]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. […]...
    • Henry the Eight add[ed] the portcluse to his current money, as a character of his peculiar title to this dition1674, John Evelyn, Navigation and Commerce

Origin of dition

From Latin ditiō, diciō. Compare French dition.

Questions about dition

What does dition mean?
Dition means dominion; rule or power.
What part of speech is dition?
Dition is a noun.

Words near dition in the dictionary

  1. Ditidaht
  2. Ditidahts
  3. ditin
  4. diting
  5. ditiocarb
  6. dition
  7. ditionaries
  8. ditionary
  9. ditiotreitol
  10. dititanium
  11. Ditko

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