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Definition of Misrule
1. Noun. Government that is inefficient or dishonest.
Generic synonyms: Administration, Governance, Governing, Government, Government Activity
Derivative terms: Misgovern
Definition of Misrule
1. v. t. & i. To rule badly; to misgovern.
2. n. The act, or the result, of misruling.
Definition of Misrule
1. Noun. (nonstandard) A bad or unwise rule. ¹
2. Noun. (legal) The error of a trial judge during a trial. ¹
3. Noun. (nonstandard) Misgovernment. ¹
4. Noun. (nonstandard) A state of disorder or lawlessness. ¹
5. Verb. (legal) Of a trial judge, to make a bad decision in court. ¹
6. Verb. To be inefficient in government management. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misrule
1. to rule unwisely or unjustly [v -RULED, -RULING, -RULES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misrule
Literary usage of Misrule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1817)
"Observations on the Christmas Diversions formerly given by the Lord of misrule,
and on the King's Office of Revels and Tents : chiefly from Papers preserved ..."
2. A survey of London by John Stow (1842)
"First, in the feast of Christmas, there was in the king's house, wheresoever he
was lodged, a lord of misrule, or master of merry disports *, and the like ..."
3. The Protected Princes of India by William Lee-Warner (1894)
"Where there is gross misrule, the right, or the duty, of interference arises,
notwithstanding any pledges of unconcern or " absolute rule " which treaties ..."
4. The Loseley Manuscripts: Manuscripts and Other Rare Documents, Illustrative by Alfred John Kempe (1836)
"Notice of George Ferrers, as Lord of misrule. After the condemnation of the
Protector, Edward Duke of Somerset, uncle to Edward the Sixth, his rival, ..."
5. The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler, David Josiah Brewer (1900)
"PUBLICITY THE SOLE REMEDY FOR misrule misrule is bad government; ... Rule may
therefore come under the denomination of misrule in either of two ways; ..."
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