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Meaning:

Noun:

  • An arrangement for a meeting; an engagement.
  • Decree; direction; established order or constitutio.
  • Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords.
  • (Law) The exercise of the power of designating (under a ''power of appointment'') a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.
  • Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
  • The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust.
  • The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position.
  • US A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.

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