delegacy

[del-i-guh-see]

noun

plural

delegacies 

1. the position or commission of a delegate.

2. the appointing or sending of a delegate.

3. a body of delegates; delegation.

4. (at Oxford University) a permanent committee charged with certain duties.

delegacy

/ ˈdɛlɪɡəsɪ /

noun

1. a less common word for delegation delegation

2. 1. an elected standing committee at some British universities

   2. a department or institute of a university

      a delegacy of Education

Word History and Origins

Origin of delegacy¹

First recorded in 1525–35; deleg(ate) + -acy

Example Sentences

The colleges depend for their success on the same conditions as the non-collegiate delegacies.

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Henry appealed to a General Council, when a Council could be held which should be more than a Papal delegacy.

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The way to true democracy will never be found through delegacy.

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The theory of delegacy so indignantly repudiated by Conservative speakers during the first Reform Bill debates is to-day accepted and actively illustrated by a majority of Members.

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