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procuration

UK/ˌpɹɒkjʊˈɹeɪʃən/US/ˌpɹɑkjəˈɹeɪʃən/

procuration noun: the act of procuring; procurement.

Noun

procuration (countable and uncountable, plural procurations)

  1. The act of procuring; procurement.
    • For she was not only publicly contracted, but stated as a bride, and solemnly bedded, and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret...
  2. The management of another's affairs.
  3. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
  4. A sum of money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; called also proxy.

procuration meaning in Tamil and Kannada

procuration in Tamil

பிடித்தல், பிடித்து வைத்தல்

procuration in Kannada

ಒದಗಿಸುವುದು, ಸರಬರಾಜು ಮಾಡುವುದು, ಪಡೆಯುವುದು, ಸಂಪಾದಿಸುವುದು

Forms of procuration

pluralprocurations

Origin of procuration

Inherited from Middle English procuracioun, from Middle French procuration and its etymon Latin prōcūrātiōnem (through Old French procuracion). By surface analysis, procure + -ation; compare procuracy and procuratory.

Questions about procuration

What does procuration mean?
Procuration means the act of procuring; procurement.
What is procuration in Tamil?
Procuration in Tamil is பிடித்தல், பிடித்து வைத்தல். See Procuration meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is procuration?
Procuration is a noun.
How do you pronounce procuration?
Procuration is pronounced /ˌpɹɒkjʊˈɹeɪʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of procuration?
The plural of procuration is procurations.

Words near procuration in the dictionary

  1. procuracies
  2. procuracy
  3. procural
  4. procurals
  5. procurance
  6. procuration
  7. procurations
  8. procurative
  9. procurator
  10. procurator fiscal
  11. procurator-general

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Adapted from Wiktionary: procuration (page history and authors); procuration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); procuration (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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