Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PROC-U-RA'TION, n. [L. procuratio. See Procure.]

1. The act of procuring. [Procurement is generally used.]
2. The management of another's affairs.
3. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another. – Encyc.
4. A sum of money paid to the bishop or archdeacon by incumbents, on account of visitations; called also proxy. – Todd.