Authority and Vote

Authority

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

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

Vote noun - The right to formally express one's position or will in an election.

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Authority and vote are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Authority" instead a noun "Vote".

Nearby Words: voting, voter, voted

good	good authority	good vote
female	female authority	female vote
full	full authority	full vote
equal	equal authority	equal vote
Other adjectives: direct, total, single, actual, needed, new, sole, national, final, extra, primary, last.

But instead of the Pope, they rely on ecumenical councils (basically, gatherings of all the bishops in the world, where each of them gets one vote) as the final authority.

Source: Useful Notes / Christianity
The idea behind the neutral Waldo party is that he is merely a figurehead, and that in a parliament without political authority public vote alone determines laws.

Source: Series / Black Mirror Series Two
Should a majority vote be cast to lynch the moderator, it is within the moderator's authority to kill off everyone who voted to lynch him.

Source: Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies

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