Definition of government. Meaning of government. Synonyms of government

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Definition of government

Government
Government Gov"ern*ment, n. [F. gouvernement. See Govern.] 1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government. 2. The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law. That free government which we have so dearly purchased, free commonwealth. --Milton. 3. The right or power of governing; authority. I here resign my government to thee. --Shak. 4. The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration. When we, in England, speak of the government, we generally understand the ministers of the crown for the time being. --Mozley & W. 5. The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe. 6. Management of the limbs or body. --Shak. 7. (Gram.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.

Meaning of government from wikipedia

- a government is an organization exerting centralized control over a community (i.e., over a state ). this is made possible by imposing
- her majesty's government commonly referred to as hm government (hmg), the british government or the uk government, is the central
- the government of the united states of america is the federal government of the constitutional republic of fifty states that constitute
- the united states of america were established all had local governments with elections open to most free men, with a growing devotion to the
- the government of india, officially known as the union government, and also known as the central government, was established by the
- state schools (also known as public school s or government schools) generally refer to primary or secondary schools mandated for or
- the hawke government floated the australian dollar in 1983 and partially deregulated the financial system the howard government followed
- the government of the commonwealth of australia, also known as the australian government, commonwealth government or federal government, is
- branches of government: file:mariano rajoy en bilbao2. png , mariano rajoy , prime minister. spain is a constitutional monarchy , with a
- the government of canada (link no , gouvernement du canada), formally her majesty's government (link no , gouvernement de sa majesté