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Middle English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Old French auctorité, from Latin auctōritātem, accusative of auctōritās; equivalent to auctour + -ite.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /au̯tɔriˈteː/, /au̯ktɔriˈteː/
- Rhymes: -eː
- Hyphenation: auc‧tor‧i‧te
Noun
auctorite (plural auctorites)
- Legal authority or control; the privilege of exercising control.
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Pardoners Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC,
folio lxx, recto, column 2:
And who ſo fyndeth hym out of ſuche blame / Commeth up and offre in goddes name / And I assoyle hym by the auctorite / Such as by bulle was graunted to me.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- The right to perform a given action; approval, permission.
- A mixture of charisma and willpower; conviction.
- Legal effectiveness or standing; genuineness.
- The state of being recognized and regarded as useful; worthiness.
- The book, quotation, or source that settles an argument; a definitive, reliable, or precise document or text.
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