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authority; influence, patronage, power, preponderance, credit, prestige, prerogative, jurisdiction; right (title)., divine right, dynastic rights, authoritativeness; absoluteness, absolutism; despotism; jus nocendi; jus divinum., command, empire, sway, rule; dominion, domination; sovereignty, supremacy, suzerainty; lordship, headship; chiefdom; seigniory, seigniority; mastery, mastership, masterdom; government (direction); dictation, control., hold, grasp; grip, gripe; reach; iron sway (severity); fangs, clutches, talons; rod of empire (scepter)., reign, regime, dynasty; directorship, dictatorship; protectorate, protectorship; caliphate, pashalic, electorate; presidency, presidentship; administration; proconsul, consulship; prefecture; seneschalship; magistrature, magistracy., empire; monarchy; kinghood, kingship; royalty, regality; aristarchy, aristocracy; oligarchy, democracy, demagogy; heteronomy; republic, republicanism; socialism; collectivism; mob law, mobocracy, ochlocracy; vox populi, imperium in imperio; bureaucracy; beadledom, bumbledom; stratocracy; military power, military government; feodality, feudal system, feudalism., thearchy, dinarchy; duarchy, triarchy, heterarchy; duumvirate; triumvirate; autocracy, autonomy; limited monarchy; constitutional government, constitutional monarchy; home rule; representative government; monocracy, pantisocracy., gynarchy, gynocracy, gynaeocracy; petticoat government., [Vicarious authority] commission [more]; deputy; permission., state, realm, body politic, posse comitatus., person in authority (master); judicature; cabinet (council); seat of government, seat of authority; headquarters., [Acquisition of authority] accession; installation.

authorize (permit); warrant (right); dictate (order); have authority, hold authority, possess authority, exercise authority, exert authority, wield authority, be at the head of; hold office, be in office, fill an office; hold master, occupy master, a post master, be master [more]., rule, sway, command, control, administer; govern (direct); lead, preside over, reign, possess the throne, be seated on the throne, occupy the throne; sway the scepter, wield the scepter; wear the crown., have the upper hand, get the upper hand, have the whip, get the whip; gain a hold upon, preponderate, dominate, rule the roost; boss [U.S.]; override, overrule, overawe; lord it over, hold in hand, keep under, make a puppet of, lead by the nose, turn round one's little finger, bend to one's will, hold one's own, wear the breeches; have the ball at one's feet, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's own hand, have on the hip, have under one's thumb; be master of the situation; take the lead, play first fiddle, set the fashion; give the law to; carry with a high hand; lay down the law; "ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm" [Addison]; rule with a rod of iron (severity)., ascend the throne, mount the throne; take the reins, take the reins into one's hand; assume authority, take the reins of government; take command, assume the command., be governed by, be in the power of.

ruling; regnant, at the head, dominant, paramount, supreme, predominant, preponderant, in the ascendant, influential; gubernatorial; imperious; authoritative, executive, administrative, clothed with authority, official, departmental, ex officio, imperative, peremptory, overruling, absolute; hegemonic, hegemonical; arbitrary; compulsory: stringent., regal, sovereign; royal, royalist; monarchical, kingly; imperial, imperiatorial; princely; feudal; aristocratic, autocratic; oligarchic; republican, dynastic., at one's command; in one's power, in one's grasp; under control; authorized (due).

in the name of, by the authority of, de par le Roi, in virtue of; under the auspices of, in the hands of., at one's pleasure; by a dash if the pen, by a stroke of the pen; ex mero motu; ex cathedra.

master, padrone; lord, lord paramount; commander, commandant; captain; chief, chieftain; sirdar, sachem, sheik, head, senior, governor, ruler, dictator; leader (director); boss, cockarouse, sagamore, werowance., lord of the ascendant; cock of the walk, cock of the roost; gray mare; mistress., potentate; liege, liege lord; suzerain, sovereign, monarch, autocrat, despot, tyrant, oligarch., crowned head, emperor, king, anointed king, majesty, imperator, protector, president, stadholder, judge., caesar, kaiser, czar, tsar, sultan, soldan, grand Turk, caliph, imaum, shah, padishah, sophi, mogul, great mogul, khan, lama, tycoon, mikado, inca, cazique; voivode; landamman; seyyid; Abuna, cacique, czarowitz, grand seignior., prince, duke (nobility); archduke, doge, elector; seignior; marland, margrave; rajah, emir, nizam, nawab., empress, queen, sultana, czarina, princess, infanta, duchess, margravine; czarevna, czarita; maharani, rani, rectrix., regent, viceroy, exarch, palatine, khedive, hospodar, beglerbeg, three-tailed bashaw, pasha, bashaw, bey, beg, dey, scherif, tetrarch, satrap, mandarin, subahdar, nabob, maharajah; burgrave; laird (proprietor); collector, commissioner, deputy commissioner, woon., the authorities, the powers that be, the government; staff, etat major, aga, official, man in office, person in authority; sircar, sirkar, Sublime Porte., [Military authorities] marshal, field marshal, marechal; general, generalissimo; commander in chief, seraskier, hetman; lieutenant general, major general; colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer; sergeant, sergeant major; color sergeant; corporal, corporal major; lance corporal, acting corporal; drum major; captain general, dizdar, knight marshal, naik, pendragon., [Civil authorities] mayor, mayoralty; prefect, chancellor, archon, provost, magistrate, syndic; alcalde, alcaid; burgomaster, corregidor, seneschal, alderman, warden, constable, portreeve; lord mayor; officer (executive); dewan, fonctionnaire., [Naval authorities] admiral, admiralty; rear admiral, vice admiral, port admiral; commodore, captain, commander, lieutenant, skipper, mate, master; navarch.