authorities
I
noun
administration, commanders, directors, executives, government, heads, magistratus, management, officeholders, officials, persons in office, persons of commanding influence, potestates, powers that be, rulers, those holding power, those in command, those in control, those of influence, those who rule
associated concepts: competent authorities, governmental authorities, lawful authorities, local authorities, municipal authorities, port authorities, turnpike and toll authorities
II
index
bureaucracy, hierarchy (persons in authority)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006