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Authorities   /əθˈɔrətiz/   Listen
Authorities

noun
1.
The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit.  Synonyms: government, regime.  "The matter was referred to higher authorities"


Authority

noun
(pl. authorities)
1.
The power or right to give orders or make decisions.  Synonyms: authorisation, authorization, dominance, potency, say-so.  "Deputies are given authorization to make arrests" , "A place of potency in the state"
2.
(usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others.
3.
An expert whose views are taken as definitive.
4.
Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities.  Synonyms: assurance, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness.  "After that failure he lost his confidence" , "She spoke with authority"
5.
An administrative unit of government.  Synonyms: agency, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office.  "The Census Bureau" , "Office of Management and Budget" , "Tennessee Valley Authority"
6.
Official permission or approval.  Synonyms: authorisation, authorization, sanction.
7.
An authoritative written work.



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"Authorities" Quotes from Famous Books



... down that probably his antagonist would never have aimed at that part of him—people never do; he would have aimed at his chest or head; so that probably the bullet hit him accidentally. I have been told this by competent authorities." ...
— The Idiot • (AKA Feodor Dostoevsky) Fyodor Dostoyevsky
... number of submarines captured or sunk. These facts have not only been made clear by official Navy Department statements, but have been attested to by many British and French Admiralty and Government authorities and naval commanders. ...
— Our Navy in the War • Lawrence Perry
... once pointed and pregnant with the happiest ridicule. Florio rejoiced in the absurd prefix of Resolute. Now Menalcas is a compound of two Greek words ([Greek: menos] and [Greek: ulkm]) fully expressive of this idea, and frequently used together in the sense of RESOLUTION by the best classical authorities, —thus, "[Greek: menos d'ulkmd te lathpsmat]." [11] Again, in Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon [Greek: menos] in composition is said to "bear always a collateral notion of resolve and firmness." And here we have the ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. II., November, 1858., No. XIII. • Various
... unconstitutional by every shade of opposition to Mr. Lincoln's administration and to the prosecution of the war. The attempt to enforce it led to one of the most serious riots in the history of the city, and the rage of the rioters was against the officers of the law, the headquarters of the draft authorities, and principally against the negroes. Every negro who was caught was hung or burned, and the negro orphan asylum was destroyed by fire. The governor did his best to stop the rioting. He issued a proclamation declaring the city in a state of insurrection, and ...
— My Memories of Eighty Years • Chauncey M. Depew
... friendly words with each of these lords and ladies. Afterward she had, at her husband's side, given audience to the deputations from the city and from Parliament. But it was only with a secret shudder that she had received from their lips the same congratulations and praises with which the authorities had already greeted five ...
— Henry VIII And His Court • Louise Muhlbach


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