procuration
nounEtymology
Inherited from Middle English procuracioun, from Middle French procuration and its etymon Latin prōcūrātiōnem (through Old French procuracion). By surface analysis, procure + -ation; compare procuracy and procuratory.
- derived from procuracion
- borrowed from procuratio
- derived from procuration
- inherited from procuracioun
Definitions
The act of procuring
The act of procuring; procurement.
- For she was not only publicly contracted, but stated as a bride, and solemnly bedded, and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration
The management of another's affairs.
The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another
The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
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A sum of money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, by an incumbent, as a…
A sum of money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; called also proxy.
The neighborhood
- neighborprocurator
- neighborprocure
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for procuration. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA