seat+of+authority

  • 1Seat — can refer to:A place to sit, particularly the area one sits upon (rather than other elements, like armrests), See: * Chair * Car seat * Airline seat * Saddle, a type of seat used on the backs of animals, bicycles (see bicycle seat), etc. *… …

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  • 2Authority — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Authority >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 authority authority Sgm: N 1 influence influence patronage power preponderance credit prestige prerogative jurisdiction Sgm: N 1 right right …

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  • 3seat — n 1. chair, couch, sofa, bench, settle, stool, hassock; bleacher, grandstand seat, pew, box, loge, stall; cushion, pillow, squab, Oriental. musnud; saddle. See also bench, chair, sofa, stool. 2. throne, cathedra, seat of authority, seat of state; …

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  • 4seat — [sēt] n. [ME sete < ON sæti: for IE base see SIT] 1. the manner of sitting, as on horseback 2. a) a place or space to sit, or the right to such a place, esp. as evidenced by a ticket [to buy two seats to the opera] b) a thing to sit on; chair …

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  • 5authority — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. expert, pundit, know it all (inf.), maven (inf.). See skill, knowledge, authority. II Right to govern Nouns 1. (supremacy) authority, power, right, jurisdiction, title, prerogative; …

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  • 6seat — seater, n. seatless, adj. /seet/, n. 1. something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits. 2. the part of a chair, sofa, or the like, on which one sits. 3. the part of the… …

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  • 7seat — /sit / (say seet) noun 1. something for sitting on, as a chair or bench; the place on or in which one sits. 2. the part of a chair or the like on which one sits. 3. the part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks. 4. the part of the garment… …

  • 8Seat 12 — Pope Piux XII. Seat 12 also known as Operation Seat 12 was an alleged disinformation campaign of communist propaganda during the Cold War to discredit the moral authority of the Vatican because of its outspoken anti communism.[1] …

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  • 9seat — I. noun Etymology: Middle English sete, from Old Norse sæti; akin to Old English gesete seat, sittan to sit Date: 13th century 1. a. a special chair of one in eminence; also the status represented by it b. a chair, stool, or bench intended to be… …

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  • 10seat — [[t]sit[/t]] n. 1) something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair or bench 2) the part of something on which one sits: a chair seat[/ex] 3) the buttocks 4) the part of the garment covering the buttocks 5) a manner of or… …

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