| citation |
| Definition:
(1) (noun) Words that have been quoted. (2) (verb) The act of quoting words. |
| Etymology: The word derives via Old French from the Latin citare, to summon. |
| Oxford English Dictionary: Its first citation in sense (1) above is from 1548: "These two citations here ensuyng." (1548 Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Matt. i. 19) |