delegacy

American  

[del-i-guh-see] / ˈdɛl ɪ gə si /

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.

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delegacy British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of delegacy

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

Example Sentences

He ended his teaching career and moved to Oxford for a job as senior assistant secretary with the university’s Delegacy of Local Examinations.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2017

For the next two decades he was the senior assistant secretary at the Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations, which set exams for secondary schools.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2017

The Delegacy for Oxford Local Examinations has been the first, as far as we know, to set a paper in domestic science to senior candidates.

From Women Workers in Seven Professions by Morley, Edith J.

Delegacy to the State Republican Convention of 1870.

From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 by White, Andrew Dickson

The Oxford Delegacy has introduced two new headings—Domestic Science and Hygiene—and sets two papers under each, without any practical work.

From Women Workers in Seven Professions by Morley, Edith J.