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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

Recalling with pleasure our meeting on the occasion of your recent visit to the United States, I wish to take this occasion to send you a personal message of felicitation and good wishes.

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

Every felicitation, my dear Allard; that is superb.

From The Game and the Candle by Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie) Ingram

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

There he received the intelligence of the verdict, and accepted the felicitations of his friends.

From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by William Davy Watson




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