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felicitation

[ fi-lis-i-tey-shuh n ]

/ fɪˌlɪs ɪˈteɪ ʃən /

noun

an expression of good wishes; congratulation.

Origin of felicitation

First recorded in 1700–10; felicitate + -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM felicitation

self-fe·lic·i·ta·tion, noun

Words nearby felicitation

feldspathoid, felice, felicia, felicific, felicitate, felicitation, felicitations, felicitous, felicity, felid, feline

Example sentences from the Web for felicitations

Now I had more leisure while those ranking and senior to Courtney made their felicitations upon the royal birthday.

The Colonel of the Red Huzzars |John Reed Scott
“Then you have my felicitations—but it might be advisable if you did not tell me too much,” he remarked.

Masters of the Wheat-Lands |Harold Bindloss
"I'm quite tired," sighed Rafael, in reply to the felicitations.

The Torrent |Vicente Blasco Ibaez
All the Kings of faction received in their turns his homage and felicitations.

Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete |Lewis Goldsmith

By ten o'clock the night of the "Vernissage" all his acquaintances and intimates in Paris had brought him their felicitations.

Fairfax and His Pride |Marie Van Vorst

British Dictionary definitions for felicitations

felicitations

/ (fɪˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃənz) /

pl n, sentence substitute

a less common word for congratulation