procuration

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

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

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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Inherited from Middle French procuration, from Old French procuracion, from Latin prōcūrātiōnem; by surface analysis, procurer +‎ -ation.

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

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procuration f (plural procurations)

1. proxy
2. power of attorney
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎^[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:

     — Je vous remercie, dit la vieille femme. Et elle jeta dans le feu la procuration.

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• “procuration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012