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The office, or period of office, of an augur. Bacon.

The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence.

tful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court. Thus can the demigod, Authority, Make us pay down for our offense. Shak. By…

The office or dignity of an autocrat.

A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.

To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment. O, what avails me now that honor high ! Milton.

An officer of the king's stables whose duty it was to provide oats for the horses. [Obs.]

all parties concerned in a sea adventure, toward a loss occasioned by the voluntary sacrifice of the property of some of the parties in interest for the benefit of all. It is called general average, because it falls upon the gross amount of ship, cargo, and freight at risk and saved by the sacrifice. Kent. -- Particu…

ecoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent. Wolsey, . . . on every avoidance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him. Fuller.…

The person who has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee. See Advowson.

A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture. [R.] "A baffle to philosophy." South.

A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages.

The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court. The bail must be real, substantial bondsmen. Blackstone. A. and B. were bail to the arrest in a suit at law. Kent.

An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.

Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power Abbott. Lausanne is under the canton of Berne, governed by a bailiff sent every three years from the senate. Addison.

An officer who has charge of a ballot box. [Obs.] Harrington.

The building or office used for banking purposes.

A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank.

The business of a bank or of a banker. Banking house, an establishment or office in which, or a firm by whom, banking is done.

A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.