felicitation

[ fi-lis-i-tey-shuhn ]

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noun

Origin of felicitation

First recorded in 1700–10; felicitate + -ion

Not for Vartan the now ubiquitous internet felicitation of “Hi.”
In Dreams Begin Responsibilities: The Bountiful Life of Vartan Gregorian | Richard Stengel | April 18, 2021 | Time
Your felicitation, benign, though doubtless gold at heart, is set in a doubtful frame.
Kai Lung's Golden Hours | Ernest Bramah
It has been suggested that we send him a wireless despatch of appreciation and felicitation in the name of the association.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912 | Various
Shouts arose, trumpets blew their blasts, and each lady waved her handkerchief, in felicitation of the happy union.
The Bravo | J. Fenimore Cooper
A library has no especial reason for self-felicitation simply because it distributes a large number of books.
The Library and Society | Various

With some faltered excuse for getting out of the room, the subject of this untimely felicitation escaped.
Wanted: A Husband | Samuel Hopkins Adams

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