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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Jurisdictive :: Jurisdictive (a.) Having jurisdiction.
Court-baron :: Court-baron (n.) An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse..
Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
Transcendentalism :: Transcendentalism (n.) Ambitious and imaginative vagueness in thought, imagery, or diction..
Apodictical :: Apodictical (a.) Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.
Weird :: Weird (n.) Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction..
Bishopric :: Bishopric (n.) A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.
Phrase :: Phrase (n.) A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression.
Undersay :: Undersay (v. t.) To say by way of derogation or contradiction.
Glossary :: Glossary (n.) A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words..
Phraseology :: Phraseology (n.) Manner of expression; peculiarity of diction; style.
Landgraviate :: Landgraviate (n.) The office, jurisdiction, or authority of a landgrave..
Legation :: Legation (n.) A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
Ekaboron :: Ekaboron (n.) The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named scandium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See Scandium..
Catholicos :: Catholicos (n.) The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis..
Earl Marshal :: Earl marshal () An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he is still the head of the herald's office or college of arms..
Exterritorial :: Exterritorial (a.) Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction..
Benediction :: Benediction (n.) The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction..
Vaticination :: Vaticination (n.) Prediction; prophecy.
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