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Abdication :: Abdication (n.) The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority..

Archdeacon :: Archdeacon (n.) In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority..

Hierarch :: Hierarch (n.) One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs..

Melchite :: Melchite (n.) One of a sect, chiefly in Syria and Egypt, which acknowledges the authority of the pope, but adheres to the liturgy and ceremonies of the Eastern Church..

Conference :: Conference (n.) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters..

Standard :: Standard (n.) The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.

Parliament :: Parliament (n.) The assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, constituting the legislature, when summoned by the royal authority to consult on the affairs of the nation, and to enact and repeal laws..

Reading :: Reading (n.) The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.

Implicit :: Implicit (a.) Resting on another; trusting in the word or authority of another, without doubt or reserve; unquestioning; complete; as, implicit confidence; implicit obedience..

Authorize :: Authorize (v. t.) To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary..

Empower :: Empower (v. t.) To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor..

Edict :: Edict (n.) A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch..

Commander :: Commander (n.) A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it..

Acknowledgment :: Acknowledgment (n.) The act of owning or recognized in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness..

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state..

Unauthorize :: Unauthorize (v. t.) To disown the authority of; to repudiate.

Warranty :: Warranty (n.) Justificatory mandate or precept; authority; warrant.

Enforcement :: Enforcement (n.) That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied..

Warrantise :: Warrantise (n.) Authority; security; warranty.

Authoritative :: Authoritative (a.) Having an air of authority; positive; dictatorial; peremptory; as, an authoritative tone..

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