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delegacy

N ความ เป็นผู้แทน  ความ เป็นตัวแทน  kwam-pen-phu-taen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DELEGACY

n.A number of persons delegated.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DELEGACY

Del `e *ga *cy, n. Etym: [From Delegate, a.]

 

1. The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power. [Obs. ] By way of delegacy or grand commission. Sir W. Raleigh.

 

2. A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation. [Obs. ] Burton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

delegacy

del e ga cy |ˈdeligəsē ˈdɛləɡəsi | ▶noun ( pl. delegacies ) [ treated as sing. or pl. ] a body of delegates; a committee or delegation. • an appointment as a delegate. ORIGIN late Middle English: from delegate, on the pattern of the pair prelate, prelacy .

 

Oxford Dictionary

delegacy

delegacy |ˈdɛlɪgəsi | ▶noun ( pl. delegacies ) [ treated as sing. or pl. ] a body of delegates; a committee or delegation. ORIGIN late Middle English: from delegate, on the pattern of the pair prelate, prelacy .