authorities
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1. the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | polity, |
| definition | : | a politically organized unit (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | bureaucracy, |
| definition | : | a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | ancien regime, |
| definition | : | a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution) (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | court, royal court, |
| definition | : | the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | downing street, |
| definition | : | the British government (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | empire, |
| definition | : | a group of countries under a single authority (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | federal government, |
| definition | : | a government with strong central powers (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | government-in-exile, |
| definition | : | a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | local government, |
| definition | : | the government of a local area (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | palace, |
| definition | : | the governing group of a kingdom (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | papacy, pontificate, |
| definition | : | the government of the Roman Catholic Church (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | pupet regime, puppet government, puppet state, |
| definition | : | a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | state, |
| definition | : | the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | state government, |
| definition | : | the government of a state in the United States (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | totalitarian state, totalitation regime, |
| definition | : | a government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measures (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | executive, |
| definition | : | persons who administer the law (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | bench, judiciary, |
| definition | : | persons who administer justice (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | division, |
| definition | : | an administrative unit in government or business (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | govern, rule, |
| definition | : | exercise authority over; as of nations (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | govern, rule, |
| definition | : | exercise authority over; as of nations (verb.social) |
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