[ci.ta.tion] n (13c) 1: an official summons to appear (as before a court)
2. a: an act of quoting; esp: the citing of a previously settled case at law b: excerpt, quote
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 syn see encomium -- ci.ta.tion.al adj