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Guild :: Guild (v. t.) An association of men belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits, formed for mutual aid and protection; a business fraternity or corporation; as, the Stationers' Guild; the Ironmongers' Guild. They were originally licensed by the government, and endowed with special privileges and authority..

Drawback :: Drawback (n.) Money paid back or remitted; especially, a certain amount of duties or customs, sometimes the whole, and sometimes only a part, remitted or paid back by the government, on the exportation of the commodities on which they were levied..

Gazette :: Gazette (n.) A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices..

Petition :: Petition (v. t.) To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor..

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..

Misgovernance :: Misgovernance (n.) Misgovernment; misconduct; misbehavior.

Publicist :: Publicist (n.) A writer on the laws of nature and nations; one who is versed in the science of public right, the principles of government, etc..

Officialism :: Officialism (n.) The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism..

Petition :: Petition (n.) A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document..

Subvention :: Subvention (n.) A government aid or bounty.

Congress :: Congress (n.) A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of several governments or societies to consider and determine matters of common interest..

Barbarian :: Barbarian (a.) Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations..

Establishment :: Establishment (n.) That which is established; as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the civil power; as, the Episcopal establishment of England. (b) A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or organization. (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures;

Self-discipline :: Self-discipline (n.) Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.

Doulocracy :: Doulocracy (n.) A government by slaves.

Paternalism :: Paternalism (n.) The theory or practice of paternal government. See Paternal government, under Paternal..

Regimen :: Regimen (n.) A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government..

Hara-kiri :: Hara-kiri (n.) Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari..

Pentarchy :: Pentarchy (n.) A government in the hands of five persons; five joint rulers.

Revolutionize :: Revolutionize (v. t.) To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to revolutionize a government..

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