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Magisterial :: Magisterial (a.) Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic..

Wrong :: Wrong (a.) Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; -- the opposite of moral right..

Master :: Master (v. t.) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue..

Sponsional :: Sponsion (n.) An act or engagement on behalf of a state, by an agent not specially authorized for the purpose, or by one who exceeds the limits of authority..

Umpirage :: Umpirage (n.) The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide..

Tory :: Tory (n.) A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of exsisting royal and ecclesiastical authority..

Sircar :: Sircar (n.) The government; the supreme authority of the state.

Govern :: Govern (v. i.) To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control.

Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb..

Insurgent :: Insurgent (a.) Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious..

Precinct :: Precinct (n.) The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; -- often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state..

Latitudinarian :: Latitudinarian (n.) A member of the Church of England, in the time of Charles II., who adopted more liberal notions in respect to the authority, government, and doctrines of the church than generally prevailed..

Purple :: Purple (n.) Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple..

Unprince :: Unprince (v. t.) To deprive of the character or authority of a prince; to divest of principality of sovereignty.

Judge :: "Judge (v. t.) To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties..

Petition :: Petition (n.) A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer..

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

Court :: Court (n.) The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.

Institutional :: Institutional (a.) Instituted by authority.

Carte Blanche :: Carte blanche () A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the bottom, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority..

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