autority

English

Noun

autority (countable and uncountable, plural autorities)

1. Obsolete form of authority.
   • 1695, John Kettlewell, Chriſtianity, a Doctrine of the Cross: or, Paſſive Obedience under any Pretended Invaſion of Legal Rights and Liberties‎^[1], page 89:

     […] this Autority of his Perſon, doth notwithſtanding lay on us an Obligation, of keeping under his Obedience, and making no warlike Reſiſtance.

   • 1732, George Reynolds, A diſſertation: or, Inquiry Concerning the Canonical Autority of the Goſpel according to Mathew; […] ‎^[2], 2nd edition, page 4:

     In a word, they were made uſe of by the immediate ſucceſſors of the Apoſtles, and many of them read in the Public Aſſemblies of Chriſtians, as Canonical Scripture, without the leaſt mark of Diſtinction, in point of Autority […]

   • 1773, Benjamin Hoadly, “A Reply to Mr. Calamy's Poſtſcript”, in The Works of Benjamin Hoadly […] ‎^[3], volume 1, pages 381–382:

     […] then the Benefit of Spiritual Adminiſtrations, muſt, according to You, depend upon the Autority of Him that Adminiſters.