Felicitations definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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This time was occupied among the common herd in self-felicitations, and in those vain boastings that distinguish the vulgar who have escaped an imminent danger without any particular merit of their own.

—The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons

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I'll log on weekly to see which friends have a birthday approaching (felicitations, Peter and Lars) or to post an update. — Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
Zooter --- felicitations to your daughter and your whole family!
But that they have it exclusively and can identify their readers as the target of Dolan's opening felicitations is something. — Home | The New York Observer
About midnight, home again, harassed and weary, to find the latest accumulation of parcels, and a deluge of letters--congratulations, felicitations, acceptances and regrets from bridesmaids and ushers, excuses of tardy tradesmen. — The Simple Life
For my part, I was in no mood even for self-felicitations. — Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 443 Volume 17, New Series, June 26, 1852