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Life :: Life (n.) Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government..

Security :: Security (n.) An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities..

Convention :: Convention (v. i.) An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention between two governments..

Government :: Government (n.) The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government..

Antarchism :: Antarchism (n.) Opposition to government in general.

Concordat :: Concordat (n.) An agreement made between the pope and a sovereign or government for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters with which both are concerned; as, the concordat between Pope Pius VII and Bonaparte in 1801..

Rule :: Rule (a.) That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket..

Grace :: Grace (n.) An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree..

Moderate :: Moderate (n.) One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine..

Polychoerany :: Polychoerany (n.) A government by many chiefs, princes, or rules..

Rectorship :: Rectorship (n.) Government; guidance.

Gubernance :: Gubernance (n.) Government.

Churchdom :: Churchdom (n.) The institution, government, or authority of a church..

Civil :: Civil (a.) Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.

Directrix :: Directrix (n.) A line along which a point in another line moves, or which in any way governs the motion of the point and determines the position of the curve generated by it; the line along which the generatrix moves in generating a surface..

Commandery :: Commandery (n.) A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.

Humorous :: Humorous (a.) Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical.

Governail :: Governail (n.) Management; mastery.

Lord :: Lord (n.) One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor..

Rectrix :: Rectrix (n.) A governess; a rectoress.

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