Definition of appointment

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Appointment (n.) Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments..

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Dataria :: Dataria (n.) Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor)..
Rue :: Rue (n.) Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.
Disappointment :: Disappointment (n.) The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration..
Rendezvous :: Rendezvous (n.) A meeting by appointment.
Sortition :: Sortition (n.) Selection or appointment by lot.
Appointive :: Appointive (a.) Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office..
Assignation :: Assignation (n.) An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense..
Appointer :: Appointer (n.) One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment..
Creation :: Creation (n.) The act of constituting or investing with a new character; appointment; formation.
Appointee :: Appointee (v. t.) A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed.
Appointment :: Appointment (n.) The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men..
Delegation :: Delegation (n.) The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates..
Sorrow :: Sorrow (n.) The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness..
Berth :: Berth (n.) An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment.
Preappointment :: Preappointment (n.) Previous appointment.
Office :: Office (n.) That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices..
Positive :: Positive (a.) Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.
Exact :: Exact (a.) Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact..
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment..
Appointment :: Appointment (n.) Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six..
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