subdelegate

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verb

To delegate (a task already delegated to oneself) to somebody else.

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Meanings

verbsubdelegate (third-person singular simple present subdelegates, present participle subdelegating, simple past and past participle subdelegated)

present singular third person subdelegates · participle present subdelegating · participle past subdelegated · past subdelegated

  1. transitiveTo delegate (a task already delegated to oneself) to somebody else.

    To subdelegate a determinate priest to assist at a specified marriage of those subjects of the Military Vicar who have been placed under your personal charge, excluding entirely, however, the power of again subdelegating.

    1942, The American Ecclesiastical Review: Volume 107
  2. transitiveTo appoint as a subdelegate or subordinate.
nounsubdelegate (plural subdelegates)

plural subdelegates

  1. A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers.

Origin

From sub- + delegate.

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APA

subdelegate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subdelegate

MLA

“subdelegate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subdelegate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subdelegate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subdelegate.

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