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Definition of authority
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Authority
(n.)
Justification;
warrant.
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Canon
::
Canon (n.) A law, or rule of
doctrine
or
discipline,
enacted
by a
council
and
confirmed
by the pope or the
sovereign;
a
decision,
regulation,
code, or
constitution
made by
ecclesiastical
authority..
Unpope
::
Unpope
(v. t.) To
divest
of the
character,
office,
or
authority
of a
pope..
Limitary
::
Limitary
(v. t.)
Confined
within
limits;
limited
in
extent,
authority,
power,
etc..
Rule
::
Rule (v. i.) To have power or
command;
to
exercise
supreme
authority;
-- often
followed
by over.
Favorite
::
Favorite
(n.) A
person
or thing
regarded
with
peculiar
favor;
one
treated
with
partiality;
one
preferred
above
others;
especially,
one
unduly
loved,
trusted,
and
enriched
with
favors
by a
person
of high rank or
authority..
Decree
::
Decree
(v. t.) To
determine
judicially
by
authority,
or by
decree;
to
constitute
by
edict;
to
appoint
by
decree
or law; to
determine;
to
order;
to
ordain;
as, a court
decrees
a
restoration
of
property..
Commission
::
Commission
(n.) A
certificate
conferring
military
or naval rank and
authority;
as, a
colonel's
commission..
Jurisdiction
::
Jurisdiction
(a.) The
authority
of a
sovereign
power to
govern
or
legislate;
the right of
making
or
enforcing
laws; the power or right of
exercising
authority.
Domain
::
Domain
(n.) The
territory
over which
dominion
or
authority
is
exerted;
the
possessions
of a
sovereign
or
commonwealth,
or the like. Also used
figuratively..
Authorize
::
Authorize
(v. t.) To
establish
by
authority,
as by usage or
public
opinion;
to
sanction;
as,
idioms
authorized
by
usage..
Citation
::
Citation
(n.) A
reference
to
decided
cases,
or books of
authority,
to prove a point in law..
Mission
::
Mission
(n.) The act of
sending,
or the state of being sent; a being sent or
delegated
by
authority,
with
certain
powers
for
transacting
business;
comission..
Rule
::
Rule (n.) To
control
the will and
actions
of; to
exercise
authority
or
dominion
over; to
govern;
to
manage.
Pontifical
::
Pontifical
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to a
pontiff,
or high
priest;
as,
pontifical
authority;
hence,
belonging
to the pope;
papal..
Invalidate
::
Invalidate
(v. t.) To
render
invalid;
to
weaken
or
lessen
the force of; to
destroy
the
authority
of; to
render
of no force or
effect;
to
overthrow;
as, to
invalidate
an
agreement
or
argument..
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..
Karaite
::
Karaite
(n.) A sect of Jews who
adhere
closely
to the
letter
of the
Scriptures,
rejecting
the oral law, and
allowing
the
Talmud
no
binding
authority;
--
opposed
to the
Rabbinists..
Mace
::
Mace (n.) An
officer
who
carries
a mace as an
emblem
of
authority.
Ritualism
::
Ritualism
(n.)
Specifically
:(a) The
principles
and
practices
of those in the
Church
of
England,
who in the
development
of the
Oxford
movement,
so-called,
have
insisted
upon a
return
to the use in
church
services
of the
symbolic
ornaments
(altar
cloths,
encharistic
vestments,
candles,
etc.) that were
sanctioned
in the
second
year of
Edward
VI., and
never,
as they
maintain,
forbidden
by
competennt
authority,
although
generally
disused.
Schaff-Herzog
Encyc.
(b) Also, the
principles
and
practices
o
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..
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