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单词 delegacy
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delegacyn.

Brit. /ˈdɛlᵻɡəsi/, U.S. /ˈdɛləɡəsi/
Forms: late Middle English delegaci, late Middle English delegatye, late Middle English 1600s delegacie, 1500s– delegacy.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French delegacie ; delegate n., delegate v., -acy suffix.
Etymology: Partly < Anglo-Norman delegacie body of delegates (late 13th cent. or earlier; < delegat delegate n. + -ie -y suffix3), and partly < delegate n. or delegate v.: see -acy suffix. Compare delegation n.Compare post-classical Latin delegatia (in an ecclesiastical court) a case referred to a delegate (early 14th cent. in a British source).
1. A body or committee of delegates, (in later use) esp. one forming part of the governance of a university. In the University of Oxford: spec. (in the names of) any of various permanent committees responsible for particular areas of university business, as in the Delegacy of Non-Collegiate Students, the Delegacy of Local Examinations, etc. (now chiefly historical). Formerly also: †a meeting of such a body (obsolete rare). Cf. delegate n. 3.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > delegate > body of
delegacy?1449
deputation1732
delegation1773
?1449 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 54 Þe frere will sew a-nodir delegaci fro Rome direkt to sum bischop of Ingland.
1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) Democritus to Rdr. 63 The Plaintiffe shall haue his complaint approued by a set Delegacie to that purpose.
1669 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 172 The Delegacy for printing of books met between 8 and 9 in the morn.
1671 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 216 A conference or delegacy held in the lodgings of Dr. John Lamphire, principal of Hart hall.
1852 Rep. Oxf. Univ. Comm. 15 The Standing Delegacies or Committees, which are appointed for the purpose of managing various branches of University business... There are Delegates of Accounts, of Estates, of Privileges, of the Press, and of Appeals.
1875 M. Pattison I. Casaubon 90 The town-council of Montpellier proceeded to appoint a delegacy of eight persons to prepare a scheme for the college of Arts.
1935 Telegraph (Brisbane) 27 July 11/1 As regards the fellowships to be awarded, the Delegacy of the Institute has decided that..their value shall be 1,250 United States dollars, and that two shall be allotted yearly to each of the Dominions.
2014 M. Bonfiglioli & J. Munson Full of Hope & Fear (e-book ed.) The Delegacy of Non-Collegiate Students was established by the university in 1868 as a way in which men unable to afford college fees could get a university education.
2. The action or system of delegating. Also: the appointment of a person as delegate; authority given to a person to act as delegate.
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society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > [noun] > delegation of authority
procuration?a1439
procuratory1448
delegacyc1460
deputation1552
delegation1555
c1460 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Oseney Abbey (1907) 55 (MED) By diurese letters afore vs and afore þabbot and prior and Deene of Abendon, of Delegatye of our lorde þe pope Honory þe iij, whas a plee betwene..Enysham..and Couent of Oseney.
1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 21 §1 Great summes of money..haue ben..taken by the Pope..for delegacies, & rescriptis in causes of contencions and appeles.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. ii. §8. 419 Vnderstanding the Majestie of Rome to be indeede wholly in the people, and no otherwise in the Senate, than by way of Delegacie, or grand Commission.
1703 tr. S. von Pufendorf Of Law of Nature & Nations iii. ii. 182/2 The Sovereign conveys by Delegacy, to some of the Subjects, a Command over others.
1882 E. S. Ffoulkes in Macmillan's Mag. 45 204 So much for delegacies and appeals in the abstract.
1978 Cullman (Alabama) Times 29 Aug. 7/1 A 24-year-old Cullman County woman has qualified as a candidate for delegacy to the National Democratic Conference.
2010 M. Goldie in C. Rawson Politics & Lit. in Age of Swift ii. 36 Somers's purpose was..to assert a doctrine of delegacy. Members of parliament should obey their electors' instructions and be their mouthpieces; they should hold themselves mandated and bound.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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