How to say "appointed" in Japanese

• 所定しょていJLPT N1approx.Common
  no-adjectiveCovers 'appointed' meaning fixed or designated in advance, as with an appointed time or place; the nuance is procedural, and it is the common word for this sense.
  私わたしたちは所定しょていの場所ばしょで会あった。↗

  We met at the designated spot.
• 欽定きんてい
  no-adjectiveA less common word covering 'appointed' only when the appointment or authorization comes from an imperial or royal order; for any other sense of 'appointed' it is not the word you want.

Choose 所定 for 'appointed' meaning fixed or designated, as of a time or place; 欽定 fits only 'appointed' in the sense of authorized or enacted by imperial or royal order, and is otherwise not the word you want.

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• 所定しょていprescribed
• 欽定きんていauthorized (by imperial or royal order)