procuracieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman and continental Old French procuracie and their etymon Late Latin prōcūrātia. By surface analysis, procuren +‎ -acie; compare procuracioun, procuratour and procucie. First attested in c. 1300, but in common usage only as of 1400.

発音

• (Latinate stress) IPA: /ˌprɔkiu̯ˈraːsiː(ə)/, /ˈprɔkiu̯rasiː(ə)/
• (French stress) IPA: /prɔˌkiu̯raˈsiː(ə)/, /prɔˈkiu̯raˌsiː(ə)/

名詞

procuracie (plural procuracies)

1. The actions or role of a representative; representation.

   Synonyms: procuracioun, procucie (rare)

2. A letter of attorney; a document granting representative power.

   Synonyms: procuracioun, procucie (rare)

3. (ecclesiastical) A payment made by the parish priest during visitations.

   Synonyms: procuracioun, procucie (rare)

4. (rare) A group of legates; a diplomatic delegation.

派生した語

• English: procuracy
• Middle Scots: procuracie (rare)

参照

• “prōcūrācī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “procuracy, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.