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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.

To rule; to govern. [R.]

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…

One who accumulates money or wealth; specifically, one who makes money-getting his governing motive.

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

One who governs alone.

The governor of a province in Egypt, etc. [Written also mudir.]

Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty. A moral agent is a being capable of those actions that have a moral quality, and which can properly be denominated good or evil in a moral sense. J. Edwards.

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.

A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.

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.

of nature; according to the stated course of things, or in accordance with the laws which govern events, feelings, etc.; not exceptional or violent; legitimate; normal; regular; as, the natural consequence of crime; a natural death. What can be more natural than the circumstances in the behavior of those women who had…

want. And the city had no need of the sun. Rev. xxi. 23. I have no need to beg. Shak. Be governed by your needs, not by your fancy. Jer. Taylor.

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.