n.
Pronunciation: s ī - ' t ā -sh ə n
Function: noun
Date: 13th century
1 : an official summons to appear (as before a court)
2 a : an act of quoting especially : the citing of a previously settled case at law b : EXCERPT , QUOTATION
3 : MENTION : as a : a formal statement of the achievements of a person receiving an academic honor b : specific reference in a military dispatch to meritorious performance of duty
synonyms see ENCOMIUM
– ci · ta · tion · al \ -shn ə l, -sh ə -n ə l \ adjective