deputation
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˌdɛpjuːˈteɪʃən/
Noun

deputation

  1. The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
    • The authority of conscience stands founded upon its vicegerency and deputation under God.
  2. The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; a delegation.
    The general sent a deputation to the enemy to propose a truce.
    • 1850, George Long, France and Its Revolutions: A Pictorial History, 1789-1848 (page 29)
      A deputation came to the Hotel de Ville from the district of the Mathurins, where the people had assembled, appointed a president and other officers, and begun to make a list of the citizens who were able to bear arms.
  3. Among Christian missionaries, the process or period of time during which they raise support in preparation for going to their mission field.
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