Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of delegating or state of being delegated.
- noun The authority, office, or position of a delegate.
- noun A body of delegates; a delegation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of delegating, or the state of being delegated.
- noun A number of persons delegated; a delegation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power.
- noun obsolete A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The position or state of being a
delegate . - noun A collection of delegates.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
- noun the appointment of a delegate
- noun a group of representatives or delegates
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Examples
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What bitter responsibility to offset the power of super-delegacy, hmmm?
Dem Congressman Walz Endorses Obama Because His Constituents Did, Too 2009
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Or else before any suit begin, the plaintiff shall have his complaint approved by a set delegacy to that purpose; if it be of moment he shall be suffered as before, to proceed, if otherwise they shall determine it.
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The twenty-one colleges and four halls, and the delegacy of non-collegiate students -- that is of students not affiliated to any college or hall -- have all the same privileges as to receiving undergraduate members; and no one can be matriculated, i.e. admitted to membership of the university by the central authority, until he has been accepted by one of the above-mentioned societies.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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If a week or a fortnight of parliamentary time is expended in defining the meaning of the supreme authority of Parliament, or in deciding whether the Irish delegacy is or is not to be retained at Westminster, not a moment too much is devoted to points of such transcendent importance.
A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 Albert Venn Dicey 1878
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