Usually means: Assignment of personnel for representation.
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  1. deputation: Merriam-Webster.com
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  9. deputation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  14. deputation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  17. deputation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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(Note: See deputations as well.)

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noun:  The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
noun:  The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; a delegation.
noun:  Among Christian missionaries, the process or period of time during which they raise support in preparation for going to their mission field.

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