1. authorities

noun. ['əˈθɔrətiːz'] the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit.

Rhymes with Authorities

• priorities
• minorities
• majority's
• sororities

Sentences with authorities

1. Noun, plural
On the other hand, some tax authorities re-assess only every few years.

Quotes about authorities

1. In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing.
- Mark Twain

2. Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.
- Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark