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单词 dition
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ditionn.

/ˈdɪʃən/
Forms: Also 1500s dicion.
Etymology: < Old French dicion (dition ), < Latin diciōn-em (in later transcription ditiōn-em ) command, rule, sway, authority; perhaps from root dic- of dīcĕre to declare, tell, say, etc. Compare condition n.
Obsolete.
1. Rule, sway, jurisdiction, command.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > [noun]
onwaldeOE
wissingc1000
governc1300
shield1338
governaila1382
governancec1384
hierarchy1390
regimenta1393
rulea1393
rulec1405
governationc1410
leadingc1430
governmentc1450
gubernance1455
domination1490
moderation1526
governancy1540
ditiona1552
ruledom1553
rectory1572
sway1586
diocese1596
raj1857
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1710) I. 59 Northalvertonshir is holely of the Dition of the Bishop of Duresme.
1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 72 Under the Roman dition and jurisdiction.
1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. v. vi Cambry twelv Shires contains under one dition.
2. The country or region under any particular rule; a dominion, empire.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > territory governed by a ruler or state
demesnea1387
principalitya1398
territory?a1439
dominationc1440
statea1500
dominion1512
dition1542
heretochy1587
domain1601
sovereignty1715
possession1797
daimiote1870
ealdormanry1870
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 256 A dicion or royalme descended and come to his possession.
1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (iv.) f. 61v Caste oute of their dicions empyres and realmes.
1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica 64 Herodes Palaestinus..was banished beyond the Alpes, and part of his Dition laid to the Publick.
3. Used by T. Adams apparently in sense ‘enrichment, resources’: perhaps by confusion with ditation n., and with play on addition, condition.
ΚΠ
1615 T. Adams Blacke Devill 25 A mutinous rebell, vires acquirit eundo, he still enlargeth his owne Dition.
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 11) 236 Rich men scorne to be beggars, their dition admits no such condition.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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