dition

English

Etymology

From Latin ditiō, diciō. Compare French dition.

Noun

dition

1. (obsolete) Dominion; rule or power.
   • 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

References

• “dition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• nidiot, otinid

French

Etymology

From Latin ditiōnem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

dition f (plural ditions)

1. authority (absolute)