Deputation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person or group appointed to represent another or others; a delegation.
  • n. The act of deputing.
  • n. The state of being deputed.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
  • n. The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; delegation; as, the general sent a deputation to the enemy to propose a truce.
  • n. Among Christian missionaries, the process or period of time during which they raise support in preparation for going to their mission field. This use of the word has been common in churches and mission organizations for over a century, but has recently been giving way to the more "bureaucratic" term "home ministry assignment". As commonly used, a missionary does deputation or is on deputation. However, the missionary is not called a "deputy" nor is the person said to be a part of a "deputation". Deputation begins when the missionary is officially commissioned to be a missionary, and it ends when the person goes to the mission field.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
  • n. The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; delegation.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Appointment or authority to represent or act for another or others.
  • n. The person or persons authorized to represent or act for another or others: as, the local societies were represented by large deputations.
  • n. In Eng. forestry law, formerly, a license conferring the rights of a gamekeeper. See the extracts.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
  • n. a group of representatives or delegates
    • Equivalent
    in deputation   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    vicegerency    delegation   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    delegation    embassy    deputies    senate    concourse   
     
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