Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dictation \Dic*ta"tion\, n. [L. dictatio.]
   1. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing;
      also that which is dictated.

            It affords security against the dictation of laws.
                                                  --Paley.

   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.

Source : WordNet®

dictation
     n 1: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
          [syn: {command}, {bid}, {bidding}]
     2: speech intended for reproduction in writing
     3: matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated
        passage; "he mailed the dictation without bothering to
        read it"