auctoritas

Definitions

• credibility, prestige, reputation
• influence, authority, weight, personal weight
• advice, counsel when offered by someone with credibility and strong influence
• support, backing
• warrant, authenticity something that provides assurance or confirmation
• sanction, political sanction, warrant
• power conferred, will, decree, order, rights, command often refers to the will or decree of the senate
• responsibility, opinion, judgment
• legal title
• influential person