Sinhala Dictionary definitions for authority
authority 🔊 /ʌθɔˈɹʌti/
authority : බ
authority : අධිකාරය
authority : ප්රමාණිකත්වය
authority : අධිබලය
authority : බලකරු
authority : ප්රාමාණිකයා
authority : ප්රාමාණික භාවය
authority : ප්රාධිකාරත්වය
authority : අධිකාරත්වය
authority : තත්ත්වඥයා
authority : අධිකාරිය
authority : ආධිපත්යය
authority : අවසරය
authority : ප්රාමාණ්යය
authority : බලකාරයා
authority : අනුභාවය
authority : ආප්තය
authority : ආශ්රය
authority : කම්සදනය
authority : බල මණ්ඩලය
authority : ප්රාධිකාරය
authority : අධිකාරී
authority : ආඥාව
authority definition
Noun.
- 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.
- Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities.
- 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.
- That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc.
- Testimony; witness.
- A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent.
- A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book.
- Justification; warrant.