local authority

noun

British

: an organization that is in charge of the public services for a community

Examples of local authority in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The mayor said Haat helped support a city-wide project carried out by the local authority to name streets and number houses. — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

John, a bit older and wiser, returns to Rushville at the behest of Sheriff Kerry (Kelly Macdonald), the local authority who assisted them in that 2016 case. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Aug. 2026

Nevers received two bites at the cherry — the local authority paying organizers a fee to host both the finish of stage 11 and the start, at nearby Magny-Cours, the following day. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 July 2026

But the legislature has since acted to bolster local authority to regulate oil operations. — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026

Rhymes for local authority

• exteriority
• inferiority
• superiority
• majority
• minority
• priority
• seniority
• sonority
• sorority