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Apocrypha :: Apocrypha (n. pl.) Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively..

Bulletin :: Bulletin (n.) A brief statement of facts respecting some passing event, as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage, issued by authority for the information of the public..

Unpope :: Unpope (v. t.) To divest of the character, office, or authority of a pope..

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..

Rubric :: Rubric (n.) Hence, that which is established or settled, as by authority; a thing definitely settled or fixed..

Command :: Command (n.) Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command..

Devest :: Devest (v. t.) To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate..

Lecture :: Lecture (v. t.) To reprove formally and with authority.

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

Episcopacy :: Episcopacy (n.) Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind..

Exauthorize :: Exauthorize (v. t.) To deprive of authority.

Lady :: Lady (n.) A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord.

Submission :: Submission (n.) The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience; compliance.

Subject :: Subject (a.) Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler and is governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or a sovereign state; as, a subject of Queen Victoria; a British subject; a subject of the United States..

Authority :: Authority (n.) A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent..

Subject :: Subject (a.) That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else..

Revest :: Revest (v. t.) To vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate with authority..

Implicit :: Implicit (a.) Resting on another; trusting in the word or authority of another, without doubt or reserve; unquestioning; complete; as, implicit confidence; implicit obedience..

Submit :: Submit (v. t.) To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun..

Strengthen :: Strengthen (v. t.) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority..

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