Definition of authorities Authorities

/ʌθɔˈɹʌtiz/ - [uthoruteez] -

We found 4 definitions of authorities from 4 different sources.

What does authorities mean?

WordNet

Noun Singular: authority
authorities - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"
		government, regime
		polity shrewd or crafty management of public affairs; "we was innocent of stratagems and polity"
		governing, government activity, governance, government, administration the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"
		authoritarian regime, authoritarian state a government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the people
		bureaucracy any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
		ancien regime a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution)
		royal court, court respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor"
		downing street the British government
		empire an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple
		federal government a government with strong central powers
		government-in-exile a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated
		local government the government of a local area
		military government, stratocracy government by the military and an army
		palace official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)
		papacy, pontificate the government of the Roman Catholic Church
		government department a department of government
		law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature, general assembly persons who make or amend or repeal laws
		governing body, governance, administration, brass, establishment, organisation, organization the act of meting out justice according to the law
		executive persons who administer the law
		judiciary, bench persons who administer justice
		judicatory, judicial system, judiciary, judicature persons who administer justice
		pupet regime, puppet government, puppet state a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed
		state the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
		division the act or process of dividing
		state government the government of a state in the United States
		totalitarian state, totalitation regime a government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measures