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procurations

procurations is the plural of procuration.

Meaning of procuration

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.

Questions about procurations

What is procurations the plural of?
Procurations is the plural of procuration.

Words near procurations in the dictionary

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

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