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Definition of authority
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of authority is as below...
Authority
(n.) The power
derived
from
opinion,
respect,
or
esteem;
influence
of
character,
office,
or
station,
or
mental
or moral
superiority,
and the like; claim to be
believed
or
obeyed;
as, an
historian
of no
authority;
a
magistrate
of great
authority..
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Sedition
::
Sedition
(n.) The
raising
of
commotion
in a
state,
not
amounting
to
insurrection;
conduct
tending
to
treason,
but
without
an overt act;
excitement
of
discontent
against
the
government,
or of
resistance
to
lawful
authority..
Freethinker
::
Freethinker
(n.) One who
speculates
or forms
opinions
independently
of the
authority
of
others;
esp., in the
sphere
or
religion,
one who forms
opinions
independently
of the
authority
of
revelation
or of the
church;
an
unbeliever;
-- a term
assumed
by
deists
and
skeptics
in the
eighteenth
century..
Church
::
Church
(n.) A body of
Christian
believers,
holding
the same
creed,
observing
the same
rites,
and
acknowledging
the same
ecclesiastical
authority;
a
denomination;
as, the Roman
Catholic
church;
the
Presbyterian
church..
Oracular
::
Oracular
(a.)
Resembling
an
oracle
in some way, as in
solemnity,
wisdom,
authority,
obscurity,
ambiguity,
dogmatism..
Authority
::
Authority
(n.) Legal or
rightful
power;
a right to
command
or to act; power
exercised
buy a
person
in
virtue
of his
office
or
trust;
dominion;
jurisdiction;
authorization;
as, the
authority
of a
prince
over
subjects,
and of
parents
over
children;
the
authority
of a
court..
Admiralty
::
Admiralty
(n.) The
department
or
officers
having
authority
over naval
affairs
generally.
Apologetics
::
Apologetics
(n.) That
branch
of
theology
which
defends
the Holy
Scriptures,
and sets forth the
evidence
of their
divine
authority..
Ordinance
::
Ordinance
(n.) A rule
established
by
authority;
a
permanent
rule of
action;
a
statute,
law,
regulation,
rescript,
or
accepted
usage;
an edict or
decree;
esp., a local law
enacted
by a
municipal
government;
as, a
municipal
ordinance..
Dictator
::
Dictator
(n.) One
invested
with
absolute
authority;
especially,
a
magistrate
created
in times of
exigence
and
distress,
and
invested
with
unlimited
power..
Standard
::
Standard
(n.) The
proportion
of
weights
of fine metal and alloy
established
by
authority.
Preside
::
Preside
(v. i.) To be set, or to sit, in the place of
authority;
to
occupy
the place of
president,
chairman,
moderator,
director,
etc.; to
direct,
control,
and
regulate,
as chief
officer;
as, to
preside
at a
public
meeting;
to
preside
over the
senate..
Prime
::
Prime (a.) First in rank,
degree,
dignity,
authority,
or
importance;
as, prime
minister..
Prescriptive
::
Prescriptive
(a.)
Consisting
in, or
acquired
by,
immemorial
or
long-continued
use and
enjoyment;
as, a
prescriptive
right of
title;
pleading
the
continuance
and
authority
of long
custom..
Charge
::
Charge
(v. t.) To lay on or
impose,
as a task, duty, or
trust;
to
command,
instruct,
or
exhort
with
authority;
to
enjoin;
to urge
earnestly;
as, to
charge
a jury; to
charge
the
clergy
of a
diocese;
to
charge
an
agent..
Black Book
::
Black book () A book of
admiralty
law, of the
highest
authority,
compiled
in the reign of Edw. III..
Custom
::
Custom
(n.)
Long-established
practice,
considered
as
unwritten
law, and
resting
for
authority
on long
consent;
usage.
See
Usage,
and
Prescription..
Mutiny
::
Mutiny
(v. i.) To rise
against,
or
refuse
to obey,
lawful
authority
in
military
or naval
service;
to
excite,
or to be
guilty
of,
mutiny
or
mutinous
conduct;
to
revolt
against
one's
superior
officer,
or any
rightful
authority..
Abbess
::
Abbess
(n.) A
female
superior
or
governess
of a
nunnery,
or
convent
of nuns,
having
the same
authority
over the nuns which the
abbots
have over the
monks.
See
Abbey..
Presbytery
::
Presbytery
(n.) A
judicatory
consisting
of all the
ministers
within
a
certain
district,
and one
layman,
who is a
ruling
elder,
from each
parish
or
church,
commissioned
to
represent
the
church
in
conjunction
with the
pastor.
This body has a
general
jurisdiction
over the
churches
under its care, and next below the
provincial
synod in
authority..
Selectman
::
Selectman
(n.) One of a board of town
officers
chosen
annually
in the New
England
States
to
transact
the
general
public
business
of the town, and have a kind of
executive
authority.
The
number
is
usually
from three to seven in each
town..
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