单词 | deputation |
释义 | deputationn. The action of deputing, or fact of being deputed. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [noun] > appointment to office or position deputation1393 location1816 binding1834 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 178 He shall..Ordeigne his deputation Of suche juges, as ben lerned. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 220 The deputacioun and the assignyng bi which the visible eukarist is ordeyned and assigned forto represente the bodi of Crist. 1509–10 Act 1 Hen. VIII c. 9 The Chaunceller..[shall] have the Deputacion and Assignement of..Persones..that they shall take and receyve the seid Toule and Custome. 1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. xxi. 207 One Bartolomæus the Bishop of the Hereticks..taking upon him the Deputation of that Anti-pope, yeelded unto him a wicked and abhominable reverence. 1650 Exercitation conc. Usurped Powers 68 None can take it in hand but by deputation from him. 1653 R. Filmer Patriarcha (1680) ii. §10. 51 It seems they did not like a King by Deputation, but desired one by Succession. 2. a. spec. Appointment to act on behalf of another; delegation. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > [noun] > delegation of authority procuration?a1439 procuratory1448 delegacyc1460 deputation1552 delegation1555 1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 3 §4 Any person..to whome any deputacion shalbe made by commission.] 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Deputation, subsortitio, substitutio, surrogatio. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxxi. 262 Vnto all these..the law hath..giuen leaue while themselues beare waightier burthens to supply inferiour by deputation. 1698 J. Norris Treat. Several Subj. 280 That we Feed them our selves, and not by Proxy or Deputation. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 44 The king..grants this deputation to a person regularly bred to the law. 1863 A. J. Horwood Yearbks. 30 & 31 Edward I Pref. 29 An attorney might be appointed for a particular suit or generally for all suits, and the latter kind of deputation was common in Eyre. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > [noun] > authorization > a token or evidence of > written > to act as deputy deputationa1665 a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 4 This same day I sealed to Sir Edward Stradling a deputation of being my Vice-admirall. 1691 London Gaz. No. 2698/4 A black Hair'd Man, who went about the Countries with a false Deputation. 1798 J. Austen Let. 27 Oct. (1995) 18 James Digweed called today, & I gave him his brother's deputation. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > shooting rights deputation1749 shooting1848 shoot1861 stern shot1863 shoulder-shot1900 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. v. 35 The Squire declared..he would give the Game-keeper his Deputation the next Morning. View more context for this quotation a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. iii. 49 He..had inquired about the manor; would be glad of the deputation, certainly, but made no great point of it; said he sometimes took out a gun, but never killed. View more context for this quotation 1869 Daily News 23 Apr. Formerly the Woods and Forests gave what were called ‘deputations’ to gentlemen to shoot over the Crown lands. 1880 S. Walpole Hist. Eng. III. 63 Country gentlemen who were desirous of doing a neighbour a good turn were in the habit of giving him a ‘deputation’ as a gamekeeper. 4. A body of persons appointed to go on a mission on behalf of another or others. Often a small company (or a single person) deputed by a society to visit various places on behalf of the society. (The chief current use.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > delegate > body of delegacy?1449 deputation1732 delegation1773 1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. ix. 344 They propos'd to send a deputation of four senators. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. vi. 186 A deputation of the Houses waited on the King. 1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xxii. 146 The deputations represented certain metropolitan parishes, and were the exponents of markedly Radical opinions. Derivatives depuˈtation v. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (transitive)] > attempt to influence (parliament) depute1768 lobby1850 deputationize1888 deputation1891 log-rolla1896 1891 Sc. Leader 12 Jan. 4 The Unionists..last week ‘deputationed’ Mr. Goschen. depuˈtationize v. to visit with a deputation. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (transitive)] > attempt to influence (parliament) depute1768 lobby1850 deputationize1888 deputation1891 log-rolla1896 1888 Lanc. Evening Post 3 Feb. 2/4 The Prime Minister has been deputationised by some of the most expert among our sociologists. depuˈtational adj. of or belonging to a deputation. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [adjective] > relating to a deputy or delegate > body of deputational1888 1888 Balance Sheet Manchester Ch. of E. Temp. Soc. Travelling and Deputational Expenses. depuˈtationist n. one who belongs to or supports a deputation. ΚΠ 1885 Manch. Examiner 18 Mar. 5/3 The trustees are on the side of the deputationists. 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