prerogative

Definition of Prerogative in English :

a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)

Example Sentences:
'suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Prerogative

noun

1.

an exclusive privilege or right exercised by a person or group of people holding a particular office or hereditary rank

2.

any privilege or right

3.

a power, privilege, or immunity restricted to a sovereign or sovereign government

adjective

4.

having or able to exercise a prerogative

noun

1.

a prior or exclusive right or privilege, esp. one peculiar to a rank, class, etc.

2.

a distinctively superior advantage

3. Obsolete

priority or precedence

adjective

4.

of or having a prerogative

n.

1. An exclusive right or privilege held by a person or group, especially a hereditary or official right. See Synonyms at right.

2. The exclusive right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge: "Encyclicals became direct exercises of papal prerogative" (Garry Wills).

adj.

Of, arising from, or exercising a prerogative.