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citation

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  1. encomium              
 
ci.ta.tion \si--'ta--sh*n\ n 1: an official summons to appear (as before a 
   court)  2a: an act of quoting; esp : the citing of a previously settled cas 
   e at law 2b: EXCERPT, QUOTE  3: MENTION : as  3a: a formal statement of the 
   achievements of a person receiving an academi c honor 3b: specific 
   reference in a military dispatch to meritorious performance of  duty