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eral. (a) The commander in chief of an army or armies, or of the militia. (b) The Spanish governor of Cuba and its dependent islands. -- Captain lieutenant, a lieutenant with the rank and duties of captain but with a lieutenant's pay, -- as in the first company of an English regiment.

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.

he votes of the assembly or house are equally divided. "When there was an equal vote, the governor had the casting voice." B. Trumbull. -- Casting weight, a weight that turns a balance when exactly poised.

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.

A Chinese governor general; a tsung tu (which see).

Children, taken collectively. [R.] The well-governed childhood of this realm. Sir. W. Scott.

That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands. The Arian doctrine which then divided Christendom. Milton A wide and still widening Christendom. Coleridge.

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.

Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a cidevant governor.

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.