per procurationem

[per prok-yuh-rey-shee-oh-nem, per prok-uh-rah-tee-oh-nem]

per proc·u·ra·ti·o·nem

[per prok-yuh-rey-shee-oh-nem, per prok-uh-rah-tee-oh-nem]
noun Chiefly Law.
by one acting as an agent; by proxy.
Also, per proc·u·ra·tion [per-prok-yuh-rey-shuhn] .


Origin:
1810–20; < Latin per prōcūrātiōnem
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Per procurationem has a plethora of syllables.
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the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
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