delegacy

noun, plural del·e·ga·cies.

1. the position or commission of a delegate.
2. the appointing or sending of a delegate.
3. a body of delegates; delegation.
4. (at Oxford University) a permanent committee charged with certain duties.

noun plural -cies

1. a less common word for delegation (def. 1), delegation (def. 2)
2. 1. an elected standing committee at some British universities
   2. a department or institute of a universitya delegacy of Education