Associations to the word «Procuration»

Wiktionary

PROCURATION, noun. The act of procuring; procurement.
PROCURATION, noun. The management of another's affairs.
PROCURATION, noun. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
PROCURATION, noun. A sum of money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; called also proxy.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.