Definition of diction

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Diction (n.) Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy, variety, etc.; mode of expression; language; as, the diction of Chaucer's poems..

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Patriarchdom :: Patriarchdom (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchate.
Interdiction :: Interdiction (n.) The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict.
Augury :: Augury (n.) An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage.
Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) A judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certain district, and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish or church, commissioned to represent the church in conjunction with the pastor. This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care, and next below the provincial synod in authority..
Viceroyalty :: Viceroyalty (n.) The dignity, office, or jurisdiction of a viceroy..
Ordinary :: Ordinary (n.) An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation..
Dictionalrian :: Dictionalrian (n.) A lexicographer.
Autocephalous :: Autocephalous (a.) Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches..
Contradictional :: Contradictional (a.) Contradictory; inconsistent; opposing.
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Interdictory :: Interdictory (a.) Belonging to an interdiction; prohibitory.
Satrapy :: Satrapy (n.) The government or jurisdiction of a satrap; a principality.
Prefectship :: Prefectship (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a prefect.
Indiction :: Indiction (n.) Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment.
Reproof :: Reproof (n.) Refutation; confutation; contradiction.
Addiction :: Addiction (n.) The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
Vaticination :: Vaticination (n.) Prediction; prophecy.
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Divination :: Divination (n.) An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.
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