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authority file WORD ORIGIN noun Library Science. a file, either on cards or in machine-readable format, in which decisions involving bibliographic records, particularly for form of entry, are recorded to establish a precedent or rule for subsequent decisions and to provide for consistency of entries. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of authority file First recorded in 1975–80 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
