Definition of government

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Government (n.) The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.

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Aristocracy :: Aristocracy (n.) A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy..
Loyal :: Loyal (a.) Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful and true to the lawful government; faithful to the prince or sovereign to whom one is subject; unswerving in allegiance.
Abdication :: Abdication (n.) The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority..
Organ :: Organ (n.) A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc..
Civil :: Civil (a.) Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.
Outfit :: Outfit (n.) A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; things required for equipment; the expense of, or allowance made for, equipment, as by the government of the United States to a diplomatic agent going abroad..
Plutocracy :: Plutocracy (n.) A form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the wealthy classes; government by the rich; also, a controlling or influential class of rich men..
Misgovernance :: Misgovernance (n.) Misgovernment; misconduct; misbehavior.
Department :: Department (v. i.) Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics..
Department :: Department (v. i.) A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire..
Unpolicied :: Unpolicied (a.) Not having civil polity, or a regular form of government..
Imperial :: Imperial (a.) Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict..
Divinity :: Divinity (a.) The science of divine things; the science which treats of God, his laws and moral government, and the way of salvation; theology..
Republican :: Republican (n.) One who favors or prefers a republican form of government.
By-law :: By-law (n.) A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside..
Riding :: Riding (n.) One of the three jurisdictions into which the county of York, in England, is divided; -- formerly under the government of a reeve. They are called the North, the East, and the West, Riding..
Pentarchy :: Pentarchy (n.) A government in the hands of five persons; five joint rulers.
Extradite :: Extradite (v. t.) To deliver up by one government to another, as a fugitive from justice. See Extradition..
Episcopacy :: Episcopacy (n.) Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind..
State :: State (n.) A political body, or body politic; the whole body of people who are united one government, whatever may be the form of the government; a nation..
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