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A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4.
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authority
Part of Speech: noun
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            1.                                           Government;                                                         the                                                           persons                                                         or                                                         the                                                         body                                                         exercising                                                           power                                                         or                                                           command;                                                         as,                                                         the                                                         local                                                         authorities                                                         of                                                         the                                                           States;                                                         the                                                         military                                                         authorities.                                    

            2.                                           The                                                           power                                                         derived                                                         from                                                         opinion,                                                         respect,                                                         or                                                         esteem;                                                         influence                                                         of                                                         character,                                                         office,                                                         or                                                         station,                                                         or                                                         mental                                                         or                                                         moral                                                           superiority,                                                         and                                                         the                                                         like;                                                         claim                                                         to                                                         be                                                         believed                                                         or                                                         obeyed;                                                         as,                                                         an                                                         historian                                                         of                                                           no                                                           authority;                                                           a                                                         magistrate                                                         of                                                         great                                                           authority.                                    

            3.                                           That                                                         which,                                                         or                                                         one                                                         who,                                                         is                                                         claimed                                                         or                                                         appealed                                                         to                                                         in                                                         support                                                         of                                                           opinions,                                                           actions,                                                           measures,                                                           etc.                                    

            4.                                           Testimony;                                                         witness.                                    

            5.                                             A                                                           precedent;                                                           a                                                         decision                                                         of                                                           a                                                           court,                                                         an                                                         official                                                         declaration,                                                         or                                                         an                                                         opinion,                                                         saying,                                                         or                                                           statement                                                         worthy                                                         to                                                         be                                                         taken                                                         as                                                           a                                                           precedent.                                    

            6.                                             A                                                         book                                                           containing                                                           such                                                           a                                                           statement                                                         or                                                         opinion,                                                         or                                                         the                                                         author                                                         of                                                         the                                                         book.                                    

            7.                                           Justification;                                                         warrant.                                    

            8.                                           Legal                                                         or                                                         rightful                                                           power;                                                           a                                                         right                                                         to                                                           command                                                         or                                                         to                                                         act;                                                           power                                                         exercised                                                         buy                                                           a                                                         person                                                         in                                                         virtue                                                         of                                                         his                                                         office                                                         or                                                         trust;                                                         dominion;                                                         jurisdiction;                                                         authorization;                                                         as,                                                         the                                                           authority                                                         of                                                           a                                                           prince                                                         over                                                           subjects,                                                         and                                                         of                                                           parents                                                         over                                                         children;                                                         the                                                           authority                                                         of                                                           a                                                           court.
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On the other hand, we could not forget the authority of the book. - "Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry", Thomas Davis Commentator: T. W. Rolleston.
By my- Miss Tabor's authority, of course. - "The Professor's Mystery", Wells Hastings Brian Hooker.
The new authority of his father's love for him captured him. - "In the Wilderness", Robert Hichens.
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