Synonyms:
approved, sanctioned
Meaning: established by authority; given authoritative approval; "a list of approved candidates"
Synonyms:
ratified, sanctioned
Meaning: formally approved and invested with legal authority
Synonyms:
canonic, canonical, sanctioned
Meaning: conforming to orthodox or recognized rules; "the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis
Usage examples
'I would keep exact accounts of all the expenditure you sanctioned, Mr Boffin.
"You are uniformly charming!" cried he, with an air of awkward gallantry; "and I am persuaded that when sanctioned by the express authority of both your excellent parents, my proposals will not fail of being acceptable."
Propositions brought forward by the Stadtholder as indispensable to the security of the commonwealth, sanctioned by all the provinces except Holland, and sanctioned by seventeen of the eighteen town councils of Holland, had repeatedly been negatived by the single voice of Amsterdam.
At sight of so much larger a power than they expected would venture to appear in arms, and sanctioned by the example of the Earl of Lennox (whose name held a great influence in those parts), several, who before had held back, from doubting their own judgment, now came forward; and nearly eight hundred well-appointed men marched into the fortress.