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DELEGACY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does delegacy mean? 

DELEGACY (noun)
  The noun DELEGACY has 3 senses:

1. the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agentplay

2. a group of representatives or delegatesplay

3. the appointment of a delegateplay

  Familiarity information: DELEGACY used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


DELEGACY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

agency; delegacy; representation

Hypernyms ("delegacy" is a kind of...):

state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "delegacy"):

free agency ((sports) the state of a professional athlete who is free to negotiate a contract to play for any team)

legal representation (personal representation that has legal status)

virus (a harmful or corrupting agency)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A group of representatives or delegates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

commission; delegacy; delegation; deputation; mission

Hypernyms ("delegacy" is a kind of...):

organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "delegacy"):

diplomatic mission (a mission serving diplomatic ends)

embassy (an ambassador and his entourage collectively)


Sense 3

Meaning:

The appointment of a delegate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("delegacy" is a kind of...):

appointment; assignment; designation; naming (the act of putting a person into a non-elective position)

Derivation:

delegate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))

delegate (transfer power to someone)


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