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Definition of Governments
1. government [n] - See also: government
Lexicographical Neighbors of Governments
Literary usage of Governments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1914)
"and sold, and such governments, form a sort of intermediate class, and are found
quite as often among the barbarians as among the Greeks. ..."
2. The Spirit of Laws by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (1766)
"In moderate governments, the love of one's country, flume, and the fear of blame,
... all the governments of Europe, penalties have ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"In the seventeenth session it was decided that a concordat with the Holy See was
not to be sought, but that the governments were to communicate to the pope ..."
4. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"(c) Charter governments.—3. Charter governments, in the nature of civil corporations,
with the power of making bylaws for their own interior regulation, ..."
5. The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, Being by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Henry Cabot Lodge (1888)
"To the People of the State of New York: Resuming the subject of the last paper,
I proceed to inquire whether the federal government or the State governments ..."
6. OECD Economic Surveys by OECD Staff (2004)
"Revenue and expenditure shares of sub-national governments 2000-033 Share of
sub-national budgets in the consolidated state budget (per cent) 2000 2001 2002 ..."
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