prerogative
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ə noun
1.
an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: the prerogatives of a senator.
2.
a right, privilege, etc., limited to a specific person or to persons of a particular category: It was the teacher's prerogative to stop the discussion.
3.
a power, immunity, or the like restricted to a sovereign government or its representative: The royal prerogative exempts the king from taxation.
4.
Obsolete, precedence.
adjective
5.
having or exercising a prerogative.
6.
pertaining to, characteristic of, or existing by virtue of a prerogative.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin praerogātīvus (adj.) voting first, praerogātīva (noun use of feminine of adj.) tribe or century with right to vote first. See pre-, interrogative
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin praerogātīvus (adj.) voting first, praerogātīva (noun use of feminine of adj.) tribe or century with right to vote first. See pre-, interrogative
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prerogative (prɪˈrɒɡətɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an exclusive privilege or right exercised by a person or group of people holding a particular office or hereditary rank |
| 2. | any privilege or right |
| 3. | a power, privilege, or immunity restricted to a sovereign or sovereign government |
| —adj | |
| 4. | having or able to exercise a prerogative |
| [C14: from Latin praerogātīva privilege, earlier: group with the right to vote first, from prae before + rogāre to ask, beg for] | |
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Word Origin & History
prerogative
late 14c. (in Anglo-L. from late 13c.), from O.Fr. prerogative (14c.), M.L. prerogativa "special right," from L. prærogativa "prerogative, previous choice or election," originally (with tribus, centuria) "unit of 100 voters who by lot voted first in the Roman comita," prop. fem. of prærogativus
(adj.) "chosen to vote first," from prærogere "ask before others," from præ- "before" + rogare "to ask" (see rogation).
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Example sentences
It is my prerogative (and yours, and everyone's) to name myself.
Now scientists know that such immortality is the prerogative only of cancer cells.
Too many meetings are scheduled with no other purpose than to exercise administrative prerogative.
For since that day, the king's prerogative has been our own.
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