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Definition of Authorities
1. Noun. The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit. "The matter was referred to higher authorities"
Category relationships: Administration, Governance, Governing, Government, Government Activity
Generic synonyms: Polity
Specialized synonyms: Authoritarian Regime, Authoritarian State, Bureaucracy, Ancien Regime, Court, Royal Court, Downing Street, Empire, Federal Government, Government-in-exile, Local Government, Military Government, Stratocracy, Palace, Papacy, Pontificate, Pupet Regime, Puppet Government, Puppet State, State, State Government, Totalitarian State, Totalitation Regime
Member holonyms: Government Department, General Assembly, Law-makers, Legislative Assembly, Legislative Body, Legislature, Executive, Bench, Judiciary, Division, Government Officials, Officialdom
Terms within: Administration, Brass, Establishment, Governance, Governing Body, Organisation, Organization, Judicatory, Judicature, Judicial System, Judiciary
Derivative terms: Govern
Definition of Authorities
1. Noun. (plural of authority) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Authorities
1. authority [n] - See also: authority
Lexicographical Neighbors of Authorities
Literary usage of Authorities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"JUSTINIAN. n authorities. BOOK IV. ... Any one, however, who examines minutely
the account given by all the above authorities of such an event as the ..."
2. Proceedings (1891)
"ELECTRIC LIGHTING BY MUNICIPAL authorities. By PROFESSOR HENRY ROBINSON, M.Inst.CE,
M. Inst. EE As this is the first occasion on which I have met this ..."
3. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1839)
"See the act of 22d February, 1822, for appointing the authorities of- the City
of Boston. It frequently happens that small towns as well as cities are ..."
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