Bible Dictionaries
Dictation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation.

(2):

(n.) The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dictation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dictation.html. 1828.