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and in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.

A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.

ign authority as a medium of exchange in financial transactions between citizens and with government; also, any number of such pieces; coin. To prevent such abuses, ... it has been found necessary ... to affix a public stamp upon certain quantities of such particular metals, as were in those countries commonly made use…

Government by a single person; undivided rule. Sydney Smith.

Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers.

One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under the government of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual of their own. [Written also Mozarab, Mostarab.] Brande & C.

The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own. A nation is the unity of a people. Coleridge. Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation. F. S. Key.

pertaining to a nation; common to a whole people or race; public; general; as, a national government, language, dress, custom, calamity, etc.

The state or quality of belonging to or being connected with a nation or government by nativity, character, ownership, allegiance, etc.

The transaction of business between nations; the mutual intercourse of governments by diplomatic agents, in making treaties, composing difference, etc.; as, the negotiations at Ghent. An important negotiation with foreign powers. Macaulay.

Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials.

The condition of a nation or government which refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers.

duce to a state of indifference inefficience; to counteract; as, to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, etc. Counter citations that neutralize each other. E. Everett.

Government in accordance with a system of law. Milman.

ctual. If all are pardoned, and pardoned as a mere act of clemency, the very substance of government is made nugatory. I. Taylor.

tate to nullify or make void, by its sovereign act or decree, an enactment of the general government which it deems unconstitutional.

The permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. Distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose. Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios.

ce with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control. Government must compel the obedience of individuals. Ames.

A form of government by the multitude; a mobocracy. Hare.

The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism. Officialism may often drift into blunders. Smiles.