governance

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
noun the act of governing; exercising authority

From Middle English governaunce, from Old French gouvernance, governance, equivalent to govern + -ance.

“Love, that of Earth and Sea hath governance! — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
Land and governance belong by right to young men.' — Puck of Pook's Hill, Rudyard Kipling
[*] [*] In one brigade a stronger governance was maintained. — One of the Six Hundred: A Novel, James Grant

administration, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation

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