procurationn.
/ˌprɒkjᵿˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌprɑkjəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. † b. Management on behalf of another; stewardship; (also) the area of responsibility of a manager. Obsolete.† c. The office or position of procurator in the Roman Empire. Obsolete. rare.
a. The action of taking care of, looking after, or managing; management, superintendence, administration, agency; attention, care. Now archaic and rare.In quot. ?a1425: medical treatment or care. In quot. ?1440: a method of cultivation.
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society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration
dispositionc1374
ministrationc1390
disposing1406
procuration?a1425
guidingc1425
economy?1440
conduct1454
solicitation1492
regimenta1500
mayning1527
enterprisea1533
handlinga1538
conduction1565
manyment1567
disposure1569
conveyance1572
managing1579
disposement1583
government1587
carriage1589
manage1591
steerage1597
management1598
steering1599
manurance1604
fixing1605
dispose1611
administry?1616
husbandry1636
dispensatorship1637
admin1641
managery1643
disposal1649
mesnagery1653
contrectation1786
conducting1793
wielding1820
managership1864
operation1872
operating1913
case management1918
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun]
lookingc1300
keepingc1380
charge1389
keepa1400
procuration?a1425
charchec1426
tuition1436
recommendation1483
fostera1500
sussy1513
carec1540
overlooking1565
regard1596
overview1598
accurance1677
protectiveness1847
protectingness1852
the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > by instrumentality of an agent
procurementa1325
procuringa1325
procuration?a1425
procure?a1475
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > accomplishment of something by
procurementa1325
procuringa1325
procuration?a1425
procure?a1475
procurancy1533
procurance1559
?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 168v (MED) Olde surgenes procureden grete superfluite of quiture in woundes, but aftir þe procuracioun of henricus þer is no superflue humidite engenderd in woundes.
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xii. 193 Plauntis han this procuracioun Vnto their gret multiplicaoun.
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 155 Be procuracion of þe qween, Roger Mortimer was mad erl of Kent.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 287/2 Theophyle was receyued into the grace of the Bisshop by the procuracion of the deuyll.
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) III. 80 The 2. Towers in the Haven Mouth were begon in King Edwarde the 4. tyme... Kyng Henry the vij. endyd them at the Procuration of Fox Bisshop of Winchester.
1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. David II in Regiam Majestatem 39 All they quha are destitute,..salbe vnder the Kings procuration, and protection within his Realme.
a1676 M. Hale tr. C. Nepos Life P. Atticus (1677) 24 He avoided the procuration of the Commonwealth, not for sloth, but in judgment.
1992 Independent (Nexis) 25 July 30 It proclaimed: ‘Hassiba Boulmerka did not need her father's procuration to win the gold medal.’
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society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > [noun] > management on behalf of another or stewardship
bailliec1305
bailieshipc1375
dispensingc1380
dispensationc1384
dispending1388
procuracya1425
procuration1484
umboth1509
stewardship1526
proctorship1535
stewarding1548
bailiwick1550
farmership1551
factory1560
agency1600
bailiffwick1605
agentship1608
factorage1639
proctorage1641
oeconomacy1651
soliciting1663
stewartrya1763
factordom1888
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope 3 b To thende that my lord depose me not of my procuracion.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. 63/31 The tribunis seand, as apperit than, the procuratioun [L. procurationem] of this office [sc. of censor] mare necessare than honorabil, made litill empeschement thareto.
1572 H. Lane in E. G. R. Taylor Orig. Writings & Corr. Two R. Hakluyts (1935) 411 Having generall procuration and commission from the Company, I was in the Low countrey at Antwerpe and Amsterdam.
1619 in C. Innes Fasti Aberdonenses (1854) 276 That in his procuratioun of the colledge effairis and rentis thairof he had..bene negligent.
1680 ‘Philalethes’ tr. G. Buchanan De Jure Regni apud Scotos 69 [They] think that a Kingdom is not a procuration concredited to them by God, but rather a prey put into their hands.
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1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 207 Maximian..eftirward committing the procuratione of Britannie til Dionethie, passid in ffrance.
2.
a. The action of appointing a person with legal authority to act on one's behalf; the authority so delegated; (also) the authorized action of one's agent; the function of an attorney or representative. Now historical. by procuration: by attorney or proxy (cf. per procurationem adv.). letters of procuration n. = sense 2b.
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society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > [noun] > delegation of authority
procuration?a1439
procuratory1448
delegacyc1460
deputation1552
delegation1555
society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [noun] > document giving legal authority > specific
brevea1400
letter of procuracya1425
procuracy1425
letter of attorney1432
allocate1438
procurationc1450
proxyc1460
warrant of attorney1512
letters of procuration1574
promotorial letters?c1633
factory1703
power of agency1710
power of attorney1716
inspectorship deed1861
letter of business1862
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vii. 134 (MED) This same Herodes bi procuracioun Of Antonye did also occupie..The grete estat callid Tetrarchie.
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. ii. 232 Yf a man gyueth a procuracyon to another for to doo and execute certeyn thinges of his owne it is not therfore to be vndrestande that he gyueth him a generall procuracyon.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 221 The mariage was foorthwith made, and solempnized by procuration from the king of England.
1574 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 404 Be thair letters of procuratioun under the seill of the same toun.
1607 E. Grimeston tr. Gen. Inuentorie Hist. France ii.932 Although the Marriage were perfect the King hauing ratefied it by Procuration, and by words of the present which the said Legate had receiued.
1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges 155 When any one doth by the Order, full Power and Authority of another, which is called among Merchants Procuration.
1714 T. Dawson Mem. St. George 292 The Sovereign gives him Audience, receives his Letters of Procuration.
1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France iii, in Wks. (1808) VIII. 323 Without a letter of attorney, or any other act of procuration.
1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) iii. 43 [He] could, if absent himself from just cause, appear by his procuration or proxy.
1870 Daily News 14 Dec. They clamour for sorties, vow to die for their country, and then wish to do it by procuration.
1882 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. 235 P.P. Endorsements. Endorsements by procuration—that is, per-procuration... The following is the usual form of a per-pro endorsement. ‘Pay to the Order of Blanc & Co. Per Pro Shipley & Sons. Thos. Brown.’
1964 Amer. Hist. Rev. 69 634 One woman..wrote the La Trémoïlles for permission to render liege homage by procuration.
1981 A. G. Roeber Faithful Magistrates & Republican Lawyers ii. 48 He could practice only in one local court. (Men who had letters of procuration from England and who represented English merchants and investors were exempted.)
b. A formal document empowering a person to act with legal authority for another; a letter or power of attorney. Now rare.
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society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [noun] > document giving legal authority > specific
brevea1400
letter of procuracya1425
procuracy1425
letter of attorney1432
allocate1438
procurationc1450
proxyc1460
warrant of attorney1512
letters of procuration1574
promotorial letters?c1633
factory1703
power of agency1710
power of attorney1716
inspectorship deed1861
letter of business1862
c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 198 But that here procuracioun be seled with deuocioun.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xix. 27 There this princesse was maryed, by a sufficient procuration, brought fro the kyng of Inglande.
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 96 For that purpose he hath a Letter of Atturny, called a Procuration.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 339 I caused a Procuration to be drawn, impowering him to be my Receiver.
1889 W. Lockhart Church Scotl. in 13th Cent. 40 They..sent on their procurations by some ecclesiastic to Rome.
1901 A. E. W. Mason Clementina i. 7 Your postillion was Mr. Charles Wogan, who comes from Rome post haste with the Pope's procuration for the marriage.
3. Christian Church. Originally: †a travel allowance for a church official (obsolete). Later: a payment made by a parish, religious house, etc., in lieu of providing entertainment for a bishop, archdeacon, or other official visitor. Now historical.
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society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > payment made for specific purpose > to provide entertainment
procuracyc1300
procurationc1450
proxy1454
procure1522
c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 34 (MED) Þes grete prelates..pilen..here sugetes, as bi procuraciouns or bi oþere askynges.
a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 23992 (MED) They [sc. Church visitors] caste her eye for wynnyng and ryght nought for amendyng; take in their entenciouns pans for procuraciouns.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 220 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 101 The ravyne..Was dene rurale..At vicaris and personnis Ffor ye procuraconis Cryand full crowss.
1555 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xlvi. 140 Letted by the said Bisshope from gathering of procurations.
1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction 44 Compelled to pay yearely fifteenthes, procurations, and other exactions.
1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 48 The Annual payments of Tenths and Subsidies to the King, the Procurations to the Bishop and Arch-deacon, the Assessments for the poor.
1661 J. Stephens (title) Historical Discourse, Briefly setting forth the nature of Procurations.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 429 Procurations..are certain Sums of Money which Parish-Priests pay yearly to the Bishop or Archdeacon ratione Visitationis.
a1761 J. Cawthorn Poems (1771) 80 Then, as to what a bishop fleeces, In procurations, fines, and leases, And hoarding up a world of pelf, You'll want no steward but yourself.
1895 R. Phillimore Eccl. Law (ed. 2) iv. xi. §2. 1051 It seems..that where the estates of bishops have vested in the ecclesiastical commissioners under 23 and 24 Vict. c. 124, these procurations have become payable to the commissioners, who have, however, abandoned their collection.
1995 B. Golding Gilbert of Sempringham vii. 379 The canons were to be responsible for the payment of procurations and synodals.
4.
a. The action of procuring or obtaining; acquisition of something.In quot. 1483: the action of collecting for charity.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > by care or effort
procuration1483
attainment1549
gaininga1556
attain1559
attaininga1568
procurement1569
consecution1601
procural1771
1483 Perth Guildry 10 Dec. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (1985) VI. 266/1 The provest baillis & consale has the limtacioun & procuracioun of the brig of Taye for this ȝere to Johnne Weddirspoun for iiij merkis.
1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 20 §2 Somes of money..payd at the seid See of Rome for procuracion or expedicion of any suche bulles breves or palles.
a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 153 He wickedly did let the procuration of children.
1651 I. Walton Life of Wotton in H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ sig. c4 His procuration of Priviledges and courtesies with the German Princes, and the Republick of Venice for the English Merchants.
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 24 Procuration of..Shells from several parts of this Island.
1794 in Naval Docs. U.S. War with Barbary Powers (1939) I. 90 The procuration of the live oak and cedar..has been retarded by the circumstances specified.
1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 594 Such irrational..beings..regard the difficulty of procuration as one of the most estimable qualities.
1882 Standard 26 Dec. 3/2 Those [coals] used in the procuration of steam power.
2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 10 Dec. 40 Backpackers are arriving in this once inaccessible outpost in their droves, attracted by the breath-taking scenery and the rumoured easy procuration of opium.
b. The action of a procurer or procuress; pimping.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring
bawdryc1374
panderism1601
panderizing1603
panderage1612
mackerelage1613
pandering1615
pandership1633
brokerage1645
pimping1646
bawding1676
procuration1696
procuring1696
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Procuration is also taken in an Ill sence, for the Act of a Baud or Pander.
1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Oct. 6/3 The Chertsey procuration case... A servant..was charged with procuring her daughter.., aged fifteen years.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 35/2 The Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 made..stringent provisions with reference to abduction by making the procuration or attempted procuration of any virtuous female under the age of twenty-one years a misdemeanour.
2001 Independent (Nexis) 5 May 16 Hundreds of men flock here..to escape punishments under Nigerian Islamic law, 80 lashes for drinking beer, 40 lashes for playing a game of chance and 50 lashes for ‘procuration of woman’.
5. The obtaining or negotiating of a loan for a client; the fee for this. Now chiefly in procuration fee n. at Compounds.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > for banking, coining, or financial services
shroffage1629
bank charge1659
procuration money1671
procuration1673
agio1696
premium1717
brassage1806
procuration fee1822
application money1869
transfer fee1869
demurrage1875
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > [noun] > arranging of loans
procuration1673
loan-mongery1822
loan-mongering1826
loan-jobbing1831
1673 Grand Concern Eng. Explained 7 They..do fredquently furnish them with their own Money, making them pay Brocage, Procuration and Continuation-Money.
1679 M. Prance True Narr. Popish Plot 32 He would not let 40 or 50l. out for six Months, but he would have 40s. for Procuration,..and yet the full Legal Interest to run on.
1717 E. Ward Coll. Hist. & State Poems 25 With Design To break the Borrow'r of their Coin, By base excessive Procuration, Large Int'rest, and Continuation.
1881 Times 18 May 6/5 The action..was one brought by the plaintiffs to recover £120 their commission of 1 per cent for the procuration of a loan of £12,000.
2005 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 24 July 25 Others earn money instead solely from commission, or ‘procuration’, from the lender whose product they recommend and the customer buys.
Compounds
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1518 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 182 To the forsaidis merchandis and gild brethir..to mak the Haly Blud to be thair patrone and to haif the octauis of Corpus Christi to be thair procuratioun dais.
procuration fee n. a fee for negotiating a loan.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > for banking, coining, or financial services
shroffage1629
bank charge1659
procuration money1671
procuration1673
agio1696
premium1717
brassage1806
procuration fee1822
application money1869
transfer fee1869
demurrage1875
1822 Times 29 Jan. 1/2 (advt.) Two thousand five hundred pounds wanted, by a Gentleman of respectability, on security of a good first mortgage, of double the amount, charged on freehold estates of ample value, for which 51 per cent and a procuration fee will be given.
1884 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 25 280 He agreed to find the money for a lump sum as a procuration fee.
2004 Daily Mail (Nexis) 7 Sept. 17 Brokers are paid a ‘procuration’ fee, a form of commission, usually amounting to about 2 per cent of the mortgage.
procuration money n. (a) Christian Church a payment made lieu of a visitation (see sense 3); in quot. 1671 in humorous extended use (now historical); (b) = procuration fee n. (now rare).
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > for banking, coining, or financial services
shroffage1629
bank charge1659
procuration money1671
procuration1673
agio1696
premium1717
brassage1806
procuration fee1822
application money1869
transfer fee1869
demurrage1875
1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue III. vi. 85 Dear Partner (pointing to me) farewel, I thank you for your procuration money, and so away they went.
1673Procuration money [see sense 5]. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Procuration, or Procuration-Money, a Duty which Parish-Priests pay yearly to the Bishop or Arch-Deacon, upon account of Visitation.
1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xii. 157 If any scrivener or broker takes more than five shillings per cent. procuration-money, or more than twelve-pence for making a bond, he shall forfeit 20l. with costs.
1899 Times 9 May 17/6 Wanted, £6,500, at 4 per cent. for 10 years certain, on mortgage of Freehold Property, near Bond-street. Principals only dealt with. No procuration money paid.
1929 O. A. Marti Econ. Causes Reformation in Eng. ii. 60 The collection of procuration money, arrogant and arbitrary as it proved to be, had to be silently endured.
Derivatives
procuˈrational adj. of or relating to procuration.
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society > authority > delegated authority > [adjective]
delegatory1533
ministerial1577
vicarial1617
vicariate1619
vicary1660
vicegerent1667
procurationalc1702
vicarious1706
administrative1753
c1702 Case of Præmunientes Considered 13 Now, when there is no such Return made, and..seldom distinct Procurational Letters upon the Choice to Parliament.
1869 Times 17 Sept. 9/2 That the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, and the Professors of the University of Dublin..should be entitled to vote at procurational elections for the city of Dublin.
1960 Speculum 35 211 I agree with Menzel that in the early use of procurational powers deliberate contamination of forms was practiced.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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