ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

[smaller subdivisions] county, parish city, domain, tract, arrondissement [Fr.],
mofussil † , commune; wappentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth † , soke † , tithing; ward,
precinct, bailiwick.
command, empire, sway, rule; dominion, domination; sovereignty, supremacy,
suzerainty; lordship, headship † ; chiefdom † ; seigniory, seigniority † .
rule, sway, command, control, administer; govern &c (direct) 693; lead, preside over,
reign, possess the throne, be seated on the throne, occupy the throne; sway the scepter,
wield the scepter; wear the crown.
state, realm, body politic, posse comitatus [Lat.].
[person in the governing authority] judicature &c 965; cabinet &c (council) 696; seat
of government, seat of authority; headquarters.
[Acquisition of authority] accession; installation &c 755; politics &c 737.1.
reign, regime, dynasty; directorship, dictatorship; protectorate, protectorship;
caliphate, pashalic † , electorate; presidency, presidentship † ; administration; proconsul,
consulship; prefecture; seneschalship; magistrature † , magistracy.
monarchy; kinghood † , kingship; royalty, regality; aristarchy † , aristocracy; oligarchy,
democracy, theocracy, demagogy; commonwealth; dominion; heteronomy; republic,
republicanism; socialism; collectivism; mob law, mobocracy † , ochlocracy † ; vox populi,
imperium in imperio [Lat.]; bureaucracy; beadledom † , bumbledom † ; stratocracy; military
power, military government, junta; feodality † , feudal system, feudalism.
thearchy † , theocracy, dinarchy † ; duarchy † , triarchy, heterarchy † ; duumvirate;
triumvirate; autocracy, autonomy; limited monarchy; constitutional government,
constitutional monarchy; home rule; representative government; monocracy † ,
pantisocracy † .
gynarchy † , gynocracy † , gynaeocracy † ; petticoat government.
[government functions] legislature, judiciary, administration.
[Government agencies and institutions] office of the president, office of the prime
minister, cabinet; senate, house of representatives, parliament; council &c 696; courts,
supreme court; [U.S. national government departments], state, interior, labor, health and
human services, defense, education, agriculture, justice, commerce, treasury; Federal
Bureau of Investigation, FBI; Central Intelligence Agency, CIA; National Institutes of
Health, NIH; Postal Service, Post Office; Federal Aviation Administration, FAA.
[national government officials] president, vice president, cabinet member, prime
minister, minister; senator, representatative, president pro tem [Lat.], speaker of the
house; department head, section head, section chief; federal judge, justice, justice of the
supreme court, chief justice; treasurer, secretary of the treasury; director of the FBI.
[state government officials] governor, state cabinet member; state senator,
assemblyman, assemblywoman.
V. govern, rule, have authority, hold authority, possess authority, exercise authority, exert
authority, wield authority &c n.; reign, be sovereign.
[acquire authority] ascend the throne, mount the throne; take the reins, take the reins
into one's hand; assume authority &c n., assume the reins of government; take command,
assume command.
[contend for authority] politics &c 737.1.
be governed by, be in the power of, be a subject of, be a citizen of.