Prerogatived

pre·rog·a·tive  (pr-rg-tv)

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: the principal's prerogative to suspend a student.

3. A special quality that confers superiority.

adj.

Of, arising from, or exercising a prerogative.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin praerogtva, feminine of praerogtvus, asked first, from praerogtus, past participle of praerogre, to ask before : prae-, pre- + rogre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

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pre·roga·tived adj.