Etymology : Middle English auctorite, from Old French auctorité, from Latin auctoritat-, auctoritas opinion, decision, power, from auctor
Pronunciation : &-'thär-&-tE, o-,
Function : noun
Date : 13th century
1. power, control, jurisdiction. authority\au*thor"i*ty\ , n.; pl. authorities . [oe. autorite, auctorite, f. autorité, fr. l. auctoritas, fr. auctor. see:
author, n.].
2. legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court. thus can the demigod, authority, make us pay down for our offense. by what authority doest thou these things ? xxi.
3. 2. government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the states; the military authorities. [chiefly in the plural.].
4. the power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem; influence of character, office, or station, or mental or moral superiority, and the like; claim to be believed or obeyed; as, an historian of no authority; a magistrate of great authority.
5. that which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc. hence: (a) testimony; witness. "and on that high authority had believed." (b) a precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent. (c) a book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book. (d) justification; warrant. wilt thou be glass wherein it shall discern authority for sin, warrant for blame.authority n.
6. the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests" [syn: authorization, authorisation, dominance, say-so].
7. (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others; "the authorities have issued a curfew".
8. an expert whose views are taken as definitive; "he is an authority on corporate law".
9. freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority" [syn: assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, sureness].
10. an administrative unit of government; "the central intelligence agency"; "the census bureau"; "office of management and budget"; "tennessee valley authority" [syn: agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office].
11. official permission or approval; "authority for the program was renewed several times" [syn: authorization, authorisation, sanction].
12. an authoritative written work; "this book is the final authority on the life of milton".
13. Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court.
14. Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities.
15. The power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem; influence of character, office, or station, or mental or moral superiority, and the like; claim to be believed or obeyed; as, an historian of no authority; a magistrate of great authority.
16. That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc.
17. Testimony; witness.
18. A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent.
19. A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book.
20. Justification; warrant. official permission or approval; "authority for the program was renewed several times" the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests" an authoritative written work; "this book is the final authority on the life of Milton" an expert whose views are taken as definitive; "he is an authority on corporate law" persons who exercise control over others; "the authorities have issued a curfew".
21. 1. The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed. This provided a pretext for the authorities to cancel the elections.
22. An authority is an official organization or government department that has the power to make decisions. the Health Education Authority Any alterations had to meet the approval of the local planning authority. see also:
local authority.
23. Authority is the right to command and control other people. The judge had no authority to order a second trial.
24. If someone has authority, they have a quality which makes other people take notice of what they say. He had no natural authority and no capacity for imposing his will on others.
25. Authority is official permission to do something. The prison governor has refused to let him go, saying he must first be given authority from his own superiors. = authorization.
26. Someone who is an authority on a particular subject knows a lot about it. He's universally recognized as an authority on Russian affairs. = expert.
27. If you say you have it on good authority that something is true, you mean that you believe it is true because you trust the person who told you about it. I have it on good authority that there's no way this light can cause skin cancer.
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