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high commission

noun

Definition of high commission

1 : a group of persons delegated supreme authority and responsibility for the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust the Allied High Commission for Germany
2 : the office or jurisdiction of a high commissioner the Western Pacific high commission includes the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony— Martin Wight

First Known Use of high commission

1848, in the meaning defined above

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