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Influence :: Influence (n.) Power or authority arising from elevated station, excelence of character or intellect, wealth, etc.; reputation; acknowledged ascendency; as, he is a man of influence in the community..

Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal.

Follow :: Follow (v. t.) To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice..

Requisition :: Requisition (n.) The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority..

Bibliolatry :: Bibliolatry (n.) Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the Scriptures..

Credit :: Credit (n.) A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation..

Exauthoration :: Exauthoration (n.) Deprivation of authority or dignity; degration.

Insubordinate :: Insubordinate (a.) Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous.

Hegemony :: Hegemony (n.) Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a government or state to its neighbors or confederates.

Power :: Power (n.) Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power..

Officially :: Officially (adv.) By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or office; as, accounts or reports officially vertified or rendered; letters officially communicated; persons officially notified..

Unwarranted :: Unwarranted (a.) Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable..

Compulsory :: Compulsory (a.) Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion.

Custom :: Custom (n.) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription..

Lead :: Lead (v. i.) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; -- used in most of the senses of lead, v. t..

Administration :: Administration (n.) The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor..

Mighty :: Mighty (n.) Possessing might; having great power or authority.

Abrogation :: Abrogation (n.) The act of abrogating; repeal by authority.

Court :: Court (n.) The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes..

Staff :: Staff (n.) A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff..

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