Definition of "delegacy" [del•e•ga•cy]

• The act of delegating or state of being delegated. (noun)
• The authority, office, or position of a delegate. (noun)
• A body of delegates; a delegation. (noun)

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• "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."
• "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."