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Of or relating to barristers.
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A public administrative servant of continental rulers of the 17th and 18th centuries who was a mercantilist and advocated economic policies tending to strengthen the position of the ruler.
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(rare) Pertaining to a chancellor.
adj
Of or related to a capitation payment system for health care providers.
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In parliamentary forms of government, the branches of government that are not military, legislative, or judicial, but work to apply its laws and regulations.
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Of or pertaining to a commissary
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(US) A man who is a local leader of a political party
adj
Of or pertaining to a conference
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Alternative form of councilist [(obsolete) One who belongs to a council; one who gives an opinion.]
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The holder of a cabinet position in some governments responsible for protecting the national heritage of a country and promoting cultural expression.
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Alternative form of Directoire [(historical) The ruling executive of revolutionary France, from 1795-1799, or the period governed by this body.]
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(India, government) The head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India.
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(Britain, UK politics) The British government department, headed by the Home Secretary, responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales.
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(UK politics) The lower house of the British Parliament; a session of the house.
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A legislative body in a government with a parliamentary system of government.
adj
(obsolete) Presiding over matter.
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(politics) The quasi-upper house of the parliament of Norway from 1814 to 2009.
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A representative assembly or parliament in German-speaking countries, with some legislative authority.
adj
Pertaining to membership of, or advocacy for, a league.
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A government in which a monarch agrees to share power with a parliament and abide by a constitution; also known as a constitutional monarchy.
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A politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service).
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(government) A member of a government having the rank of cabinet minister, but not assigned to oversee a particular government department or other permanent area of responsibility.
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(historical) A member of the mediaeval estate or caste of unfree nobles.
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The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister)
n
A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his high aristocracy representing their separate divided lands within the state and their low aristocracy representing their separate divided fiefs.
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Alternative letter-case form of National Assembly. [(politics, government) National legislature.]
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(historical) A constitutional and legislative assembly holding executive power during the French Revolution.
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(US politics) Synonym of brokered convention
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(US, Canada) A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
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In some countries, an administrative subdivision of an area.
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A monarchy in which the ruler has no power and is is purely a ceremonial figurehead, with actual power being vested in the legislature
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A republic in which the president has no executive power and is is purely a ceremonial figurehead, with actual power being vested in the legislature
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Archaic spelling of Parliament. [Any of several parliaments of various countries.]
adj
Of or relating to a plenipotentiary agent
n
A legislative meeting (especially of the Communist Party) in which all members are present.
n
The office of a premier or prime minister.
adj
Pertaining to a president or presidency.
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In a parliamentary democracy, the chief member of the cabinet and head of the government; often the leader of the majority party.
adj
Of or relating to a prime minister.
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Synonym of prime ministership
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a political state, in the widest sense, which is ruled as or like a principality in the generic sense, regardless of the ruler's actual title and rank.
adj
Of, or related to a provost.
adj
Obsolete form of presidial. [Belonging to a province, or being like a province; provincial.]
adj
Of or relating to a system of government in which a president exists alongside a prime minister and a cabinet, with the latter two being responsible for the legislature of the state.
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(historical) The council that governed the ancient Roman Republic.
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A decree of the Roman senate.
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(US politics) The annual State of the Union address of the President of the United States.
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(Britain, rare) An elected representative to the stannary parliament.
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(US politics) The State of the Union address, an annual event in which a president of the United States reports the status of the country, normally to a joint session of the United States Congress.
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(historical) A similar assembly in pre-Revolutionary France.
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A male political leader who promotes the public good or who is recognized for probity, leadership, or the qualities necessary to govern a state.
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A large political ministry.
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The practice of having four legislative bodies or parliamentary chambers, such as the Medieval Scandinavian deliberative assemblies divided into separate estates for the nobility, clergy, burghers, and peasants.
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(politics) The House of Commons.
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(historical) The period in which a person serves as tribune
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(politics) A group of people who attend political meetings etc. in the guise of ordinary citizens in order to promote a particular viewpoint.
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