Vocabulary : Governance to Governorship

Governance : Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.
Governante : A governess.
Governed : of Govern
Governess : A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes.
Governing : of Govern ;; Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state. ;; Requiring a particular case.

Government : The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government. ;; The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law. ;; The right or power of governing; authority. ;; The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration. ;; The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe. ;; Management of the limbs or body. ;; The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.
Governmental : Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.
Governor : One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pennsylvania. ;; One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian. ;; A pilot; a steersman. ;; A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable.
Governor general : A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India.
Governorship : The office of a governor.

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