procuration
Example Sentences
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The third may probably be called the Providence and procuration of the Daemons, which, being placed on the earth, are the guardians and overseers of human actions.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
Wogan held out the Pope's procuration to the Chevalier, who took it and devoutly kissed the signature.
From Clementina by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
The marriage by procuration had been performed at Turin.
From Political Women, Vol. 2 by Sutherland Menzies
A marriage had been consummated by procuration at Vienna, and she set out to actually meet her future spouse for the first time at Soissons.
From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by Blanche McManus
In Poland the intermediary who married by procuration slept alongside the bride in all his armour.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
