Definition of government

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

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Secretary :: Secretary (n.) An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc..
Latitudinarian :: Latitudinarian (n.) A member of the Church of England, in the time of Charles II., who adopted more liberal notions in respect to the authority, government, and doctrines of the church than generally prevailed..
Syndic :: Syndic (n.) An officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; a magistrate..
Malcontent :: Malcontent (a.) discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government..
Officialism :: Officialism (n.) The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism..
Kakistocracy :: Kakistocracy (n.) Government by the worst men.
Packet :: Packet (n.) Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat..
Guidance :: Guidance (n.) The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading.
Nomocracy :: Nomocracy (n.) Government in accordance with a system of law.
Referendum :: Referendum (n.) A diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point.
Whiggarchy :: Whiggarchy (n.) Government by Whigs.
Democracy :: Democracy (n.) Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.
Governance :: Governance (n.) Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.
Statesman :: Statesman (n.) One occupied with the affairs of government, and influental in shaping its policy..
Optimacy :: Optimacy (n.) Government by the nobility.
Warehouse :: Warehouse (v. t.) To place in the warehouse of the government or customhouse stores, to be kept until duties are paid..
Constitution :: Constitution (n.) The fundamental, organic law or principles of government of men, embodied in written documents, or implied in the institutions and usages of the country or society; also, a written instrument embodying such organic law, and laying down fundamental rules and principles for the conduct of affairs..
Principal :: Principal (a.) Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a state; the principal productions of a country; the principal arguments in a case..
Internuncio :: Internuncio (n.) A representative, or charge d'affaires, of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government, ranking next below a nuncio..
Barbarian :: Barbarian (a.) Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations..
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