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felicitation

[fi-lis-i-tay-shuhn] / fɪˌlɪs ɪˈteɪ ʃən /


NOUN
congratulation
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Geetha P was travelling from the southern state of Kerala to national capital Delhi to attend a felicitation function for winners of the Florence Nightingale award for nurses.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2022

Back in the last century only the shoe fabricator or the shoe designer would have been eligible for that kind of felicitation.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2012

Today's young viewers may some day meet in the U.N. with a fork-fingered felicitation and a "Nanoo, nanoo to you too."

From Time Magazine Archive

The Government and people of the United States unite in cordial felicitation on this anniversary of Your Majesty's birth.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of course, after their several days of felicitation that "the fort would surely hold out," this news was sudden and unwelcome to them.

From History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers by B. F. Blakeslee

Barbados snipped its link to the monarchy and became fully independent last year, to felicitations from Elizabeth and Charles.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2022

Before hanging up, he stopped himself from uttering the felicitations typical in Russia this time of year.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2022

India offered no felicitations to Beijing on the centenary celebrations of the Chinese Communist Party last week which Indian media described as another sign of its unhappiness.

From Reuters ● Jul. 6, 2021

In this opening episode of the 10th season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, belated felicitations join soft scones, wobbly tables and human bowls borrowed by dogs as the latest prompts for Larry David’s raging misanthropy.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2020

Eager to escape the stares that met her and the sympathy and felicitations that greeted her, she walked so rapidly that the Senator dropped back.

From What Will People Say? A novel by Rupert Hughes




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