Allow users to enable dictionary column reads from parquet files
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Description
### Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge?
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### Describe the solution you'd like
Add a config flag that lets users opt in to reading Parquet string columns as Arrow `DictionaryArray` instead of plain `Utf8`.
This config should be threaded through arrow-rs to parquet reader configs.
**This config should not just convert any given string column into a dictionary array. It should merely give the engine the option to interpret string columns as dictionary arrays if it chooses to.**
### Describe alternatives you've considered
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### Additional context
#24111
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