civil authority

Noun

Meaning

a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

mayoral civil officer

Hypernyms

authority

Hyponyms

mayor city manager

Examples

A soldier of the civil authority must be taught not to kill men and to refuse to do so if he is commanded, and to refuse to take an oath; if he is unwilling to comply, he must be rejected. Hippolytus of Rome

The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening of civil power over military power must inevitably lead away from democracy. Harold Russell

No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority. Thomas Jefferson

Close letter words and terms

civil alcoholic civil answer civil arts civil aviation Civil Aviation Authority civil battle