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felicitation|fɪˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən|
[noun of action f. prec.: see -ation. Cf. F. félicitation.]
The action of congratulating; an instance of the same; a congratulatory speech or message. Also attrib.
1709Lond. Gaz. No. 4571/2 The..Empress came..to make her the Compliments of Fælicitation. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 103 A felicitation on the present new year. 1801T. Jefferson Writ. (1830) III. 464, I thank [you] for your kind felicitations on my election. 1817Bp. R. Watson Anecd. I. 108, I did not..break in upon you, either with my acknowledgments or felicitations. 1860W. Collins Wom. White ii. vi. 211 Pray present my best respects and felicitations. 1882Times 4 Mar. 5 A number of felicitation cards have been left. |