code: public Element getDictionariesElement() {
          final Element referenceDataCatalogElement = getReferenceDataCatalogElement();
  
          final Element dictionariesElement =
                  getOrCreateChildElementByTagName(referenceDataCatalogElement, "dictionaries");
          if (dictionariesElement == null) {
              throw new IllegalStateException("Could not find <dictionaries> element in configuration file");
          }
          return dictionariesElement;
      }
docs: Gets the XML element that represents the dictionaries
  
  @return