To remove someone from a position of authority or to deprive them of their rank or office.
From Latin ex- (out) + auctoratus (authorized, from auctor, author/authority). The term emerged in ecclesiastical Latin to describe the formal removal of authority.
This word captures a moment that happened countless times in history—when someone lost power. Roman emperors were regularly exauctorate, stripped of their imperial authority, which sometimes happened even before their death.
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