Definition of "autority"

[…] this Autority of his Perſon, doth notwithſtanding lay on us an Obligation, of keeping under his Obedience, and making no warlike Reſiſtance.

1695, John Kettlewell, Chriſtianity, a Doctrine of the Cross: or, Paſſive Obedience under any Pretended Invaſion of Legal Rights and Liberties‎, page 89

In a word, they were made uſe of by the immediate ſucceſſors of the Apoſtles, and many of them read in the Public Aſſemblies of Chriſtians, as Canonical Scripture, without the leaſt mark of Diſtinction, in point of Autority […]

1732, George Reynolds, A diſſertation: or, Inquiry Concerning the Canonical Autority of the Goſpel according to Mathew; […] ‎, 2nd edition, page 4

[…] then the Benefit of Spiritual Adminiſtrations, muſt, according to You, depend upon the Autority of Him that Adminiſters.

1773, Benjamin Hoadly, “A Reply to Mr. Calamy's Poſtſcript”, in The Works of Benjamin Hoadly […] ‎, volume 1, pages 381–382