Hyphenation of dictum

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word dictum? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

dic-tum

Definitions of dictum:

1.	An authoritative declaration
2.	An opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding

Synonyms of dictum:

noun	pronouncement, say-so, declaration
noun	obiter dictum, opinion, legal opinion, judgment, judgement

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