We found 25 dictionaries that define the word authorities:

General (15 matching dictionaries)

1. authorities: Merriam-Webster
2. authorities: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
3. authorities: Collins English Dictionary
4. authorities: Vocabulary.com
5. Authorities, authorities: Wordnik
6. authorities, the authorities: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
7. authorities: Wiktionary
8. Authorities, authorities: Dictionary.com
9. Authorities: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
10. Authorities: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
11. authorities: Rhymezone
12. Authorities: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
13. authorities: FreeDictionary.org
14. authorities: Mnemonic Dictionary
15. authorities: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (5 matching dictionaries)

16. authorities: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
17. authorities: Law.com Dictionary
18. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
19. authorities: Legal dictionary
20. authorities: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

21. authorities: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

22. authorities: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

23. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
24. authorities: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)

25. authorities: Father Jeromes DICTIONARY of Words/Phrases Used in the QUFD Website

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Definitions from Wiktionary (authorities) ▸ noun:  The bodies that have political or administrative power and control in a particular sphere ▸ noun:  The bodies that enforce law and order or provide a public service Similar: government, regime, official, police, prosecutor, agency, officals, officer, regulator, institution, more... Opposite: rebels, anarchists, subordinates, dissenters, nonconformists Types: police, sheriff, federal government, local government, state government, more... Phrases: local authorities, public authorities, civil authorities, tax authorities, municipal authorities, more... Adjectives: local, public, military, british, civil, municipal, central, soviet, national, most, french Colors:     blue,     black,     gray,     silver,     white, more... ▸ Words similar to authorities ▸ Usage examples for authorities ▸ Idioms related to authorities ▸ Wikipedia articles (New!) ▸ Popular adjectives describing authorities ▸ Words that often appear near authorities ▸ Rhymes of authorities ▸ Invented words related to authorities