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delegatory

delegatory adjective: holding a delegated position.

Adjective

delegatory (not comparable)

  1. Holding a delegated position.
    • Some politique delegatory Scipio, or witty pated Petito, like the heire of Laertes per apherisos1599, Thomas Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe
  2. Of or pertaining to delegation
    • delegatory act
    • delegatory leadership

Origin of delegatory

Latin delegatorius (“pertaining to an assignment”).

Questions about delegatory

What does delegatory mean?
Delegatory means holding a delegated position.
What part of speech is delegatory?
Delegatory is an adjective.

Words near delegatory in the dictionary

  1. delegational
  2. delegations
  3. delegative
  4. delegator
  5. delegators
  6. delegatory
  7. delegee
  8. delegees
  9. delegislate
  10. delegislated
  11. delegislates

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