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語源

Inherited from 中期英語 procuracioun, from Middle French procuration and its etymon Latin prōcūrātiōnem (through Old French procuracion). By surface analysis, procure +‎ -ation; compare procuracy and procuratory.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌpɹɒkjʊˈɹeɪʃən/, /ˌpɹɒkjəˈɹeɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌpɹɑkjəˈɹeɪʃən/

名詞

procuration (countable and uncountable, plural procurations)

1. The act of procuring; procurement.
   • 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:

     For she was not only publicly contracted, but stated as a bride, and solemnly bedded, and after she was laid, there came in Maximilian's ambassador with letters of procuration

2. The management of another's affairs.
3. (law) The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
4. A sum of money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; called also proxy.
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