felicitation
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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
It is certain that Ellen Terry, toward the end of her life, sent messages of felicitation to U. S. admirers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prize ray of sunshine in the Air Ministry's findings: felicitation of Captain Alderson for heading doggedly for Bermuda, once he was in trouble, instead of turning back to Port Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
Deputations from the provinces were to present addresses of felicitation and we would see all the national costumes.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Mary King Waddington
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
In this particular instance, there were great felicitations among the yeomen, because the frame "had come together well."
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper
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