dictation

dictation is a   Noun

Definition:

[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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