Appointment may refer to a
number of things,
including the following: An
appointment is a
time reserved for something such as a doctor visit,
much like a reservation.An
appointment, in government also
refers to
the assignment of a
person by an
official to
perform a duty,
such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
this may also happen for an
office which is normally elected,
but has an
unexpected vacancy. A
person appointed but not yet in
office is a
designate.The
power of appointment, in law, is
the ability of a testator to
select another person to
dispose of
the testator's property.An
appointment of clergy, in Christianity, is
made by a bishop to a
particular ministry setting,
particularly in
denominations which practice episcopal forms of
church government and polity (such as Anglicanism and United
methodist Church.) Typically, a
pastor is
appointed to a
particular church or parish.Appointment is
used to
describe a
system of
selecting candidates in
which the choice is
made by an
individual or
panel rather than by a
poll of
the populace in
general (election), or
through random selection (allotment/sortition) as
used to
select juries.
Noun1.
the act of
putting a
person into a non-elective position; "the
appointment had to be
approved by
the whole committee" (synonym) assignment, designation,
naming (hypernym) decision, determination,
conclusion (hyponym) nomination2. a
meeting arranged in advance; "she
asked how to
avoid kissing at
the end of a date" (synonym) date,
engagement (hypernym) meeting,
get together (hyponym)
blind date (member-meronym) date, escort3. (usually plural)
furnishings and equipment (especially
for a
ship or hotel) (synonym)
fitting (hypernym)
furnishings (classification) plural,
plural form4. a
person who is
appointed to a
job or
position (synonym)
appointee (hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul5.
the job to
which you are (or
hope to be) appointed; "he
applied for an
appointment in
the treasury" (hypernym) occupation, business, job,
line of work, line6. (law)
the act of
disposing of
property by
virtue of
the power of appointment; "she
allocated part of
the trust to
her church by appointment" (hypernym) disposal,
disposition (classification) law, jurisprudence
