Synonyms:
governing
Meaning: responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws; "governing bodies"
noun
meaning of the word
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"
Usage examples
They have all the governing in their hands, and get very little money for doing it."
It seems to me that to these three principles three pleasures correspond; also three desires and governing powers.
He does not ask them to assist him in governing the State; it is enough that they do not aspire to govern it themselves.
For a moment, biting her carmine lip, she deplored inwardly the tyranny of the rigid principles governing the sale of her influence in high places.
Experts were sending--on their own account, on behalf of learned societies, and through local and imperial governing bodies--reports dealing with the matter, and suggesting remedies.
It will force us to question a great metaphysical principle which, up till now, has been almost universally considered as governing the problem of the union of the mind with the body.