delegacy

IPA: dɛɫʌgˈeɪsi

Examples of "delegacy" in Sentences

What bitter responsibility to offset the power of super-delegacy, hmmm?
Or else before any suit begin, the plaintiff shall have his complaint approved by a set delegacy to that purpose; if it be of moment he shall be suffered as before, to proceed, if otherwise they shall determine it.
If a week or a fortnight of parliamentary time is expended in defining the meaning of the supreme authority of Parliament, or in deciding whether the Irish delegacy is or is not to be retained at Westminster, not a moment too much is devoted to points of such transcendent importance.
The twenty-one colleges and four halls, and the delegacy of non-collegiate students -- that is of students not affiliated to any college or hall -- have all the same privileges as to receiving undergraduate members; and no one can be matriculated, i.e. admitted to membership of the university by the central authority, until he has been accepted by one of the above-mentioned societies.