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noun
1.
a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
2.
the body of delegates chosen to represent a political unit, as a state, in an assembly: the New Jersey delegation in Congress.
3.
the act of delegating.
4.
the state of being delegated.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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delegation
1610s, "action of delegating," from L. delegationem, noun of action from delegare (see '-----). Meaning "persons sent by commission" is from 1818; meaning "a state's elected representatives, taken collectively," is U.S. political usage from 1820s.
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