authority
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
authority/ɔːˈθɒrəti/
▶noun (pl. authorities)
- 1 the power or right to give orders and enforce obedience.
- 2 a person or organization exerting control in a political or administrative sphere.
- 3 the power to influence others based on recognized knowledge or expertise.
■ an authoritative person, book, or other source.
'authority' also found in these Oxford entries:
adopt
- AEA
- allotment
- apostolate
- apostolic succession
- application
- arrest
- ASA
- assert
- attach
- audience
- authoritarian
- authoritative
- autocephalous
- baton
- before
- brass
- brick
- buttress
- by-law
- CAA
- canonize
- caption
- care
- carpet
- centralize
- ceremonial
- chapter
- charge-cap
- charter school
- chief
- Church of England
- closing order
- command
- commander
- commanding
- commission
- commissioner
- communion
- competent
- confederation
- confiscate
- contumacious
- Count Palatine
- cronyism
- crown
- curule
- decentralize
- definitive
