delegacy

American  

[del-i-guh-see] / ˈdɛl ɪ gə si /

noun

plural

delegacies

1. the position or commission of a delegate.

2. the appointing or sending of a delegate.

3. a body of delegates; delegation.

4. (at Oxford University) a permanent committee charged with certain duties.

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delegacy British  

/ ˈdɛlɪɡəsɪ /

noun

1. a less common word for delegation delegation

2. 1. an elected standing committee at some British universities

   2. a department or institute of a university

      a delegacy of Education

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Etymology

Origin of delegacy

First recorded in 1525–35; deleg(ate) + -acy

Example Sentences

Martinez’s path to the delegacy echoes Washington’s own rise.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2023

The theory of delegacy so indignantly repudiated by Conservative speakers during the first Reform Bill debates is to-day accepted and actively illustrated by a majority of Members.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)

Henry appealed to a General Council, when a Council could be held which should be more than a Papal delegacy.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.