subcommissionn.
/ˌsʌbkəˈmɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsəbkəˈmɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. A warrant or charge which is subsidiary to or dependent on another. rare in later use.
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society > authority > delegated authority > [noun]
powerc1300
bailliec1305
commission1344
empery?c1400
authorityc1405
lieutenance1524
subcommission1617
by-authority1622
lieutenancya1631
empowerment1651
attribution1796
1617 F. Bacon Let. 22 Nov. in Lett. & Remains (1734) 66 As soon as I find any possibility of health in Sir Lyonel Cranfield, to execute a Subcommission, I will by conference with him frame a draught of a letter from his Majestie.
1629 Reg. Privy Council Scott. 2nd Ser. III. 21 The commissioners..have ordained sub-commissiouns to be granted to some selected persouns.
1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. ii. 119 Skippon..authorized the said Commissioned Apprentices to grant Sub-commissions again to other Apprentices under them.
1722 Bp. F. Atterbury Let. 18 Aug. in W. Coxe Mem. Sir R. Walpole (1798) II. 225 I lately indeed heard, they had doubts concerning their power to act under the former sub-commission.
1824 Rep. from Commissioners IX. 7 Feb. 2 The Lords Commissioners acting under the Commissions last referred to..caused Sub-commissions to be issued to different persons.
1993 Jrnl. Amer. Res. Center in Egypt 30 182/2 Khatkin in turn granted a subcommission to al-Kirmānī..and charged him with the responsibility of reestablishing its once widely recognized intellectual respectability.
2. A subordinate group or body of commissioners; a part of a larger commission. Also with plural agreement.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > commission > subcommission
subcommission1798
1798 Decisions Court of Session 1792–6 359 The report of the sub-commission.
1831 London Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 7 428 Each district should be placed under the surveillance of a medical sub-commission.
1879 Times 25 Feb. 10/1 The sub-commission appointed to superintend the burning of infected houses..have commenced their work.
1882 Macmillan's Mag. 46 253 The President..and the Minister..name commissions, these name sub-commissions, and so we go on from day to day.
1917 A. S. Kaun tr. A. Kornilov Mod. Russ. Hist. II. iii. xxxix. 259 The sub-commission presented a plan for important reforms in the entire local administration.
1993 Legion May 59/3 Veterans..were in Switzerland..to appear before the United Nations Sub-Commission on Human Rights.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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