Word of the Day - prerogative

prerogative

Pronunciation /prɪˈrɒɡətɪv/
noun
1 A right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class.
1.1 mass noun The right of the sovereign, which in British law is theoretically subject to no restriction.
1.2 A faculty or property distinguishing a person or class.

Origin
Late Middle English via Old French from Latin praerogativa ‘(the verdict of) the political division which was chosen to vote first in the assembly’, feminine (used as noun) of praerogativus ‘asked first’, from prae ‘before’ + rogare ‘ask’.

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