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Webster 1913 Edition
Municipal
Mu-nic′i-pal
,Adj.
[L.
municipalis
, fr. municipium
a town, particularly in Italy, which possessed the right of Roman citizenship, but was governed by its own laws, a free town, fr. municeps
an inhabitant of a free town, a free citizen; munia
official duties, functions + capere
to take: cf. F. municipal
. Cf. Immunity
, and Capacoius
.] 1.
Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government;
as,
municipal
rights; municipal
officers.2.
Of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation.
Municipal
law is properly defined to be a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state. Blackstone.
Webster 1828 Edition
Municipal
MUNIC'IPAL
,Adj.
1.
Pertaining to a corporation or city; as municipal rights; municipal officers.2.
Pertaining to a state, kingdom or nation. Municipal law is properly defined to be a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state--
Municipal, as used by the Romans, originally designated that which pertained to a municipium, a free city or town. It still retains this limited sense; but we have extended it to what belongs to a state or nation, as a distinct, independent body. Municipal law or regulation respects solely the citizens of a state, and is thus distinguished from commercial law, political law, and the law of nations.
Definition 2024
municipal
municipal
English
Adjective
municipal (comparative more municipal, superlative most municipal)
- Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
- Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
pertaining to city
|
pertaining to state
Noun
municipal (plural municipals)
- (finance) A financial instrument issued by a municipality.
External links
- municipal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- municipal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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Etymology
Latin municipalis (“of or belonging to a citizen or a free town”)
Adjective
municipal m, f (masculine and feminine plural municipals)
French
Etymology
From Latin municipalis (“of or belonging to a citizen or a free town”), from municeps (“a citizen, an inhabitant of a free town”), from munus (“duty”) + capere (“to take”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /my.ni.si.pal/
Adjective
municipal m (feminine singular municipale, masculine plural municipaux, feminine plural municipales)
Derived terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mu.ni.siˈpal/
Adjective
municipal m, f (plural municipales)