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District

Rigorous; stringent; harsh.

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Community 76% connected

Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.

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Development 76% connected

The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an ima…

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Enclave 76% connected

A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave.

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Jurisdiction 76% connected

The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority…

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Mandate 76% connected

An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

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Mandatory 76% connected

Containing a command; preceptive; directory.

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March 76% connected

The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

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Palatinate 76% connected

The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a palatine.

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Possession 76% connected

The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.

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Protectorate 76% connected

Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell.

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Trusteeship 76% connected

The office or duty of a trustee.

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Govern 76% connected

To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority.

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Region 76% connected

One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general…

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Regularize 76% connected

To cause to become regular; to regulate.

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Regulate 76% connected

To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.

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Zone 74% connected

A girdle; a cincture.

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Zone 74% connected

A girdle; a cincture.

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Synonym 3

Dominion 92% connected

Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.

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Territory 92% connected

A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.

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Zone 92% connected

A girdle; a cincture.

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