civil authority

Other forms: civil authorities

Definitions of civil authority
  1. noun
    a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs
    synonyms: civil officer
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    city manager, mayor
    the head of a city government
    ex-mayor
    a former mayor
    alcalde
    a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town
    burgomaster
    a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria
    mayoress
    a woman mayor
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    authority
    (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
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