Authority and Origin

Authority

Authority noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.

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Origin and authority are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Origin" instead a noun "Authority".

Origin noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.

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Authority and origin are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Authority" instead a noun "Origin".

human	human authority	human origin
true	true authority	true origin
proper	proper authority	proper origin
single	single authority	single origin
Other adjectives: actual, real, supernatural, ultimate, new, national, official.

Death by Origin Story Judge, Jury, and Executioner: Jiban has this authority against members of Bioron only... but see the YMMV.

Source: Series / Kidou Keiji Jiban
Jack Hawksmoor of The Authority has a particularly odd origin: He was repeatedly abducted and altered by what he thought were aliens, who were in fact time-travellers from the 70th century, in order to use him as a weapon to fight a rampaging Kansas City by bonding with Tokyo. ...yeah.

Source: Super Hero Origin
Suzaku is a career soldier of Japanese origin who hates bloodshed; having through the ranks of the Britannian military, he hopes to gain enough authority to change the system from within and return a number of once-lost rights back to Area 11.

Source: Anime / Code Geass

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