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Definition of Governances
1. governance [n] - See also: governance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Governances
Literary usage of Governances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1890)
"In the first of which parties shall be made in general manner the said repressing,
and in general manner proof to the eleven said governances. ..."
2. The Contemporary Review (1898)
"And next, " governances " come after, and not before, " succours " in the scale
of ecclesiastical worth. This fact, when properly realised, crosses modern ..."
3. The Age of Transition, 1400-1580 by Frederick John Snell (1905)
"... the case is altered, and on points like these, the bishop undertakes to champion
the propriety of those who order and observe such ‘governances. ..."
4. Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of by George Burnett (1807)
"... (says he,) justify eleven governances of the clergy, which some of the common
... Of which eleven governances, one is, the having and using of images in ..."