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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dictament, n. [L. dictāmen. Also e.m.E. (1644).] Diction; jurisdiction. — 1558-66 Knox I. 8.
We translait according to the barbarousnes of thair Latine and dictament Ib. II. 344.
He … was content, that in his dictament should men use the libertie that best pleased thame
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