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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A summons to appear, as before a judge.

   "It was carried regularly through the forms of cital."

2. 2
   citation; quotation

   "He made a blushing citall of himselfe, And chid his Trewant youth."

Example

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"It was carried regularly through the forms of cital."

Etymology

From cite (verb) + -al (suffix forming nouns of action).

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