appointments

noun

An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement.

The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust

The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed

(government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.

Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.

(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.

(religion) Decree; direction; established order or constitution.

(in the plural) Equipment, furniture.

(US) An honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college.

(obsolete) The allowance paid to a public officer.

Roots

punctumpoint- · Latin · point, prick

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