Prerogative (Noun)
Meaning
A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- Only a board of esteemed reviewers holds the prerogative of conferring literary excellence.
- Belligerents at the negotiating table may demand certain prerogatives as terms of a lasting peace treaty.
- Throughout history, the prerogative to give judicial verdicts was vested in the offices of the head of state.
- Constitutional power often stipulates that the prerogative of legislative judgment resides with elected officials alone.
- Royal succession privileges signified the inalienable prerogative of royal childbirth and hereditary ascension to throne.