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Standard :: Standard (n.) That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test..

Viceroy :: Viceroy (prep.) The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India..

Subject :: Subject (a.) That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else..

Staunch :: Statutory (a.) Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision..

Indictment :: Indictment (n.) The formal statement of an offense, as framed by the prosecuting authority of the State, and found by the grand jury..

Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party..

Traditionlism :: Traditionlism (n.) A system of faith founded on tradition; esp., the doctrine that all religious faith is to be based solely upon what is delivered from competent authority, exclusive of rational processes..

Administrator :: Administrator (n.) A man who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority..

Submit :: Submit (v. t.) To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun..

Gerontes :: Gerontes (n. pl.) Magistrates in Sparta, who with the ephori and kings, constituted the supreme civil authority..

Biblical :: Biblical (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible; as, biblical learning; biblical authority..

Fulmination :: Fulmination (n.) The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority..

Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions..

Episcopacy :: Episcopacy (n.) Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind..

Overmost :: Overmost (a.) Over the rest in authority; above all others; highest.

Range :: Range (v.) Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as, the range of one's voice, or authority..

Black Book :: Black book () A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III..

Command :: Command (n.) Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command..

Tractarian :: Tractarian (n.) One of the writers of the Oxford tracts, called Tracts for the Times, issued during the period 1833-1841, in which series of papers the sacramental system and authority of the Church, and the value of tradition, were brought into prominence. Also, a member of the High Church party, holding generally the principles of the Tractarian writers; a Puseyite..

Dominion :: Dominion (n.) Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy..

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