Dic*ta"tion (?), n. [L. dictatio.]
1.
The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.
It affords security against the dictation of laws.
Paley.
2.
The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictatio.
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