Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PROC-U-RA'TION
PROC-U-RA'TION, n. [L. procuratio. See Procure.]
- The act of procuring. [Procurement is generally used.]
- The management of another's affairs.
- The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another. – Encyc.
- A sum of money paid to the bishop or archdeacon by incumbents, on account of visitations; called also proxy. – Todd.
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