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Meanings of deputation in English

Portuguese
delegação
Catalan
diputació
Spanish
delegación

Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions.

        delegação
        Portuguese
        embaixada
        Catalan
        diputació
        Spanish
        comité

        A group of representatives or delegates.

              embaixada
              Usage of deputation in English
              1
              The deputation took the next steamer and proceeded to the national capital.
              The Vigilance Committee of 1856
              2
              The reader may ask the object which this deputation had in view.
              Three Years' War
              3
              The following is a copy of the memorial presented by the deputation:-
              The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
              4
              Let us send a deputation to him of the bravest among us.
              The Blue Fairy Book
              5
              The president of the Medjlis consented to receive a deputation from them.
              The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 / The Recent Da...
              6
              Notwithstanding this, no one in the deputation ever pulls off his hat.
              A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 / Taken from a View of the ...
              7
              The last time they sent a deputation to the palace everybody trembled.
              The Shadow of the Cathedral
              8
              The mob have accompanied the deputation hither, and hence arise these cries.
              Marie Antoinette and Her Son
              9
              However they sent another deputation a second time and finally embraced Islam.
              A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' / Showing that all ...
              10
              The deputation came and thanked her for her munificent act of charity.
              A Woman-Hater
              11
              Two of us were to form the deputation, and proceed at once.
              The Eureka Stockade
              12
              On arriving at the shore, the deputation were met by many personages.
              Under Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main
              13
              At eight o'clock in the evening there came a deputation from Paris.
              Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of B...
              14
              I gave them a plug each all round, and the deputation withdrew.
              Rídan the Devil, and Other Stories / 1899
              15
              The deputation became zealous converts, and on their return converted their countrymen.
              The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
              16
              A deputation of natives of Alsace and Lorraine came to thank us.
              The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
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              Deputation through the time
              Deputation across language varieties
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