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CIVIL AUTHORITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does civil authority mean?
• CIVIL AUTHORITY (noun)
The noun CIVIL AUTHORITY has 1 sense:
1. a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs
Familiarity information: CIVIL AUTHORITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who exercises authority over civilian affairs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
civil authority; civil officer
Hypernyms ("civil authority" is a kind of...):
authority ((usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "civil authority"):
city manager; mayor (the head of a city government)
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