Delegacy: alternatives and connections

The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.

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An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

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The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.

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The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning s…

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Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; -- applied to organic poisons.

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Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

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Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

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To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.

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To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.

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Designated; appointed; chosen.

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Designated; appointed; chosen.

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The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

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The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.

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The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.

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The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.

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The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission.

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The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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