sanctionern.
/ˈsaŋkʃənə/ One who sanctions.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > one who permits
sufferera1533
permitter1641
sanctioner1846
the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > one who promises or vows
swearerc1380
beheterc1384
behighterc1475
promiserc1475
vower1546
votary1548
avower?1555
bearer1579
obligee1590
jurora1593
vow-fellow1598
vow-maker1598
stipulator1611
votist1613
plightera1616
voter1621
obligatora1625
obliger1633
promissor1644
promisor1665
sponsor1677
pledger1768
sanctioner1846
pledgee1924
oath-keepera1973
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. i. 9 Horkos, the ever-watchful sanctioner of oaths.
a1890 R. W. Church Oxf. Movement (1891) xvii. 305 He [W. G. Ward] admitted that he did evade the spirit, but accepted the ‘statements of the Articles’, maintaining that this was the intention of their original sanctioners.
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