'Dictation' definitions:

Definition of 'dictation'

noun

An authoritative direction or instruction to do something [syn: command, bid, bidding, dictation]

noun

Speech intended for reproduction in writing

noun

Matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage; "he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it"

From: GCIDE

Dictation \Dic*ta"tion\, n. [L. dictatio.]
1. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated. [1913 Webster]
It affords security against the dictation of laws. --Paley. [1913 Webster]
2. The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation. [1913 Webster]