·noun Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments.
II. Appointment ·noun An allowance to a person, ·esp. to a public officer; a perquisite;
— properly only in the plural.
III. Appointment ·noun A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, ·etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.
IV. Appointment ·noun The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
V. Appointment ·noun The state of being appointed to som/ service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.
VI. Appointment ·noun Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six.
VII. Appointment ·noun The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.
VIII. Appointment ·noun Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (·pl) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords.