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aly, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic.

To impose; to bestow; to rest. The government I cast upon my brother. Shak. Cast thy burden upon the Lord. Ps. iv. 22.

The government of a castle. Blount.

rtress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty. The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights. Jay.

Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on h…

The system by which power is centralized, as in a government.

ng or reducing several parts into a whole; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city.

ut a center; to bring into one system, or under one control. [To] centralize the power of government. Bancroft.

A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary.

he document which embodied the demands made by the Chartists, so called, upon the English government in 1838.

action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff. Useful check upon the administration of government. Washington. A man whom no check could abash. Macaulay.

man creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names. They are congregational in church government, and baptize by immersion. They are also called Disciples of Christ, and Campbellites.

The institution, government, or authority of a church. [R.] Bp. Pearson.

nce of time lost by circumlocution. Swift. Circumlocution office, a term of riducle for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials.

A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection from it.

The principle of civil government.

The science of civil government.

Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community. England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew civil. Spenser.

One skilled in the civil law. Ancient civilians and writers upon government. Swift.

ined at a French house, but paid ten shillings for our part of the club. Pepys. Club law, government by violence; lynch law; anarchy. Addison. -Club moss (Bot.), an evergreen mosslike plant, much used in winter decoration. The best know species is Lycopodium clavatum, but other Lycopodia are often called by this name.…