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Meanings of prerogative in English
A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
Usage of prerogative in English
1
I decided not to contact her; I thought that was her prerogative.
2
The Royal prerogative had been magnified to the skies in theological works.
3
Contrary to popular opinion, bad hair days are not a female prerogative.
4
But he found in it also much that encroached upon the prerogative.
5
The injured has the prerogative of praying the injurer to be reconciled.
6
This is an undisputed part of the legal prerogative of the crown.
7
The power of the Protestants was acknowledged, not the prerogative of conscience.
8
But it is the prerogative of the king to dissolve his parliament.
9
Remember that the highest prerogative of power is the exercise of mercy.
10
His Excellency need exercise no prerogative of mercy; his aid is superfluous.
11
If people can control the fast lanes, he says, that's their prerogative.
12
The exercise of this prerogative had not been confined to the land.
13
His one vote out of five limited the extent of his prerogative.
14
David Bain applies for the exercise of the Royal prerogative of mercy.
15
A weapon like that never falls within the prerogative of the military.
16
Against all gross excesses of the prerogative this is a sufficient protection.
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Translations for prerogative
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Prerogative through the time
Prerogative across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
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