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Minister :: Minister (n.) One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs..

Assignat :: Assignat (n.) One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state..

Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses..

Politic :: Politic (a.) Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body..

Duenna :: Duenna (n.) Any old woman who is employed to guard a younger one; a governess.

Duenna :: Duenna (n.) An elderly lady holding a station between a governess and companion, and appointed to have charge over the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family..

Presidency :: Presidency (n.) One of the three great divisions of British India, the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Presidencies, each of which had a council of which its governor was president..

Control :: Control (v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.

Schoolmistress :: Schoolmistress (n.) A woman who governs and teaches a school; a female school-teacher.

Marquisate :: Marquisate (n.) The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis..

Regulate :: Regulate (v. t.) To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws..

Duarchy :: Duarchy (n.) Government by two persons.

Toparchy :: Toparchy (n.) A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies..

Envoy :: Envoy (n.) One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign sovereign or government; a minister accredited to a foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador..

Durbar :: Durbar (n.) An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state levee; a formal reception of native princes, given by the governor general of India..

Territorial :: Territorial (a.) Of or pertaining to all or any of the Territories of the United States, or to any district similarly organized elsewhere; as, Territorial governments..

Wild :: Wild (superl.) Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy..

Requisition :: Requisition (n.) A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice.

Tax :: Tax (n.) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government.

Prosecutor :: Prosecutor (n.) The person who institutes and carries on a criminal suit against another in the name of the government.

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