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prerogative
/pɹəˈɹɑɡ.ə.tɪv/
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What does prerogative mean?
noun
- A right, especially when due to one's position or role.
- An exclusive hereditary or official right or privilege.
- A right or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc, especially such a power to make a decision or judgement.
More meanings (3)
noun
- A property, attribute or ability which gives one a superiority or advantage over others; an inherent advantage or privilege; a talent.
adjective
- Having a hereditary or official right or privilege.
- Characterized by lawless state actions, as in a prerogative state.
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IPA pronunciation
/pɹəˈɹɑɡ.ə.tɪv/
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Humanity and good policy conspire to dictate, that the benign prerogative of pardoning should be as little as possible fettered or embarrassed.
Increase--a sort of royal prerogative, of tangible and consumable homage--is due to the proprietor on account of his nominal and metaphysical occupancy.
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On the other hand, the great strength of the royal prerogative in France arises from circumstances far more than from the laws.
Now this fact lies at the bottom of that keen enjoyment of existence which is the prerogative of childhood and early youth.
Shall I, for lucre of the rest unvanquish’d, Detract so much from that prerogative As to be call’d but viceroy of the whole?