delegacy

del·e·ga·cy

D0109500 (dĕl′ĭ-gə-sē)n. pl. del·e·ga·cies 1. The act of delegating or state of being delegated.2. The authority, office, or position of a delegate.3. A body of delegates; a delegation.

delegacy

(ˈdɛlɪɡəsɪ) n, pl -cies1. a less common word for delegation¹, delegation²2. (Education) a. an elected standing committee at some British universitiesb. a department or institute of a university: a delegacy of Education.

del•e•ga•cy

(ˈdɛl ɪ gə si)

n., pl. -cies. 1. the position or commission of a delegate. 2. the appointing or sending of a delegate. 3. a body of delegates; delegation. [1525–35]

Delegation, Delegacy

 a group of persons appointed to represent others; a body or committee of delegates.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	delegacy - the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agentagency, representationstate - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"free agency - (sports) the state of a professional athlete who is free to negotiate a contract to play for any teamlegal representation - personal representation that has legal status; "an person who has been declared incompetent should have legal representation"virus - a harmful or corrupting agency; "bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread"; "the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone"
	2.	delegacy - a group of representatives or delegatesdelegation, deputation, mission, commissionorganization, organisation - a group of people who work togetherdiplomatic mission - a mission serving diplomatic endsembassy - an ambassador and his entourage collectively
	3.	delegacy - the appointment of a delegateappointment, designation, naming, assignment - the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"