Synonyms:
government, governing, governance, government_activity, administration
Meaning: the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"
Synonyms:
administration, governance, governing_body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation
Meaning: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"
Usage examples
Who has not heard of Mount Olympus,--that high abode of all the powers of type, that favoured seat of the great goddess Pica, that wondrous habitation of gods and devils, from whence, with ceaseless hum of steam and never-ending flow of Castalian ink, issue forth fifty thousand nightly edicts for the governance of a subject nation?