ratihabition
English
Etymology
From Latin ratihabitio, from ratus (“fixed, valid”) + habere (“to hold”).
Noun
ratihabition (countable and uncountable, plural ratihabitions)
- (obsolete) confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ratihabition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)