authority

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.

  1. 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.
  2. Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities.
  3. 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.
  4. That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc.
  5. Testimony; witness.
  6. A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent.
  7. A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book.
  8. Justification; warrant.