Definition of authority

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Authority (n.) Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities..

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Tax :: Tax (n.) A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority..
Vizierate :: Vizierate (n.) The office, dignity, or authority of a vizier..
Commandatory :: Commandatory (a.) Mandatory; as, commandatory authority..
Secondary :: Secondary (a.) Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands..
Indict :: Indict (v. t.) To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce.
Commission :: Commission (n.) The acting under authority of, or on account of, another..
Order :: Order (n.) That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate..
Tutor :: Tutor (v. t.) To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity.
Evil :: Evil (n.) Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful human authority; disposition to do wrong; moral offence; wickedness; depravity..
Revocation :: Revocation (n.) The act by which one, having the right, annuls an act done, a power or authority given, or a license, gift, or benefit conferred; repeal; reversal; as, the revocation of an edict, a power, a will, or a license..
Control :: Control (n.) Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control..
Rebel :: Rebel (v. i.) To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion..
Authorized :: Authorized (a.) Sanctioned by authority.
Protestant :: Protestant (a.) Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; as, Protestant writers..
Gazetteer :: Gazetteer (n.) A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority..
Captain :: Captain (n.) A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team..
Danger :: Danger (n.) Authority; jurisdiction; control.
Oracular :: Oracular (a.) Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom, authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism..
Presume :: Presume (v. i.) To venture, go, or act, by an assumption of leave or authority not granted; to go beyond what is warranted by the circumstances of the case; to venture beyond license; to take liberties; -- often with on or upon before the ground of confidence..
Abdicate :: Abdicate (v. t.) To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc..
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