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plural appointments
The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust examples
The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed examples
Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. examples
An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement. examples
(religion) Decree; direction; established order or constitution. quotations examples
According to the appointment of the priests.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Ezra 6:9
(law) The exercise of the power of designating (under a power of appointment) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made. examples
(government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court. examples
(in the plural) Equipment, furniture. quotations examples
[…] the house had been inhabited for years by his father, and in many of its appointments was old-fashioned and grim […]
1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848
The appointments were primitive, but the Schnitzel, the beer, and the cheese could not have been improved on.
1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Soul of Laploshka”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], page 70
(US) An honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college. examples
(obsolete) The allowance paid to a public officer.