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the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"

the study of government of states and other political units

(government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; "tyrannical government"

the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"

the study of government of states and other political units

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

The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.

The right or power of governing; authority.

The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.

The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.

The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.

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

The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.

The right or power of governing; authority.

The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.

The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.

The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.

The complex of political institutions, laws, and customs through which the function of governing is carried out in a specific political unit.

The act of administering or ruling; administration of public affairs; as, rightecus government; established state or legal authority; self-control.

A ruling or managing: control: system of governing: the persons authorized to administer the laws: the territory over which sovereign power extends: (gram.) the power of one word in determining the form of another.

Of or pursued by government.

Management; control; system of governing; persons who administer the laws.

Direction; regulation; control; the exercise of authority; the administration of public affairs; the system of polity in a state; the territory governed; the right of governing; the persons or council governing; the influence of a word in determining the case or mood of another.

Control; restraint; the exercise of authority; the ruling power in a state; the principle or system under which a state is ruled.

Connected with or pursued by government.

n. Act of governing; exercise of authority; direction; regulation;—control; restraint;—system of polity in a state or community; mode in which legal authority is exercised;—territory over which rule is exercised; empire; kingdom; state; commonwealth;—administrative council or body; the executive power; the ministry;—in grammar, the relation of one word as depending or construed by another.

Form of community with respect to the disposition of the supreme authority; an establishment of legal authority; administration of publick affairs; regularity of behaviour; manageableness, compliance, obsequiousness; in grammar, influence with regard to construction.