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Concordances
Thompson Chain Reference
• Authority
Dictionaries
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Authority
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Bible, Authority of the
• Authority
• Authorities
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Bible: Power of Its Authority
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Authority
• Author, Author of Life
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Authors of Articles
• Authorized Version
• Authority
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Authority of Christ
• Authority in Religion
• Authority
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Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
• Symmachus, Author O.t. in Greek
• Sozomen, Author of a History
• Quadratus, an Author
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King James Dictionary
• Authority
• Author
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Authority
• Author
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Authorized Version
• Authority
• Author of Life, the
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Smith Bible Dictionary
• Versions Authorized
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Authority
• Author
Wilson's Bible Types
• Author
Webster Dictionary
• Authorizing
• Authorizer
• Authorized
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Aristeas (Author)
• Giles Fletcher (Author)
• Hegesippus (Author)
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Author
• Authority in General
• Authority in Religion
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Authority
• Authorized (English) Version of the Holy Scriptures
• Authorized (English) Version of the Holy Scriptures.
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Civil Authority
• The Authorized Version
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Authority, Rabbinical
• Patriarchal Family and Authority
Lexicons
• ܡܫܰܠܛܳܐ
• ܫܽܘܠܛܳܢܳܐ
• ܫܠܰܛ
• αἴτιος
• ἀρχηγός
• ἄρχων
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• הוֹד
• יָד
• כִּסֵּא כִּסֵּה, , כֵּסְיָהּ
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Trench's NT Synonyms
• Author's Preface

(1):

(v. t.) To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.

(2):

(v. t.) To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.

(3):

(v. t.) To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report.

(4):

(v. t.) To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.

(5):

(v. t.) To justify; to furnish a ground for.