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Webster 1913 Edition


Dictature

Dic-ta′ture

(?; 135)
,
Noun.
[L.
dictatura
: cf. F.
dictature
.]
Office of a dictator; dictatorship.
[R.]
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dictature

DICTATURE

,
Noun.
1.
The office of a dictator; dictatorship.
2.
Absolute authority; the power that dictates.

Definition 2024


dictature

dictature

English

Noun

dictature (plural dictatures)

  1. (obsolete) Office of a dictator; dictatorship.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

French

Etymology

From Latin dictātūra, from dictō.

Noun

dictature f (plural dictatures)

  1. dictatorship

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Latin

Participle

dictātūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of dictātūrus