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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…
A body of persons appointed to go on a mission on behalf of another or others. Often a small company (or a single person) deputed by a society to…
A group of people sent or appointed to act as representatives; a body of delegates; a deputation.