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Webster 1913 Edition
Governance
Gov′ern-ance
,Noun.
[F. gouvernance.]
Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.
Chaucer.
J. H. Newman.
Webster 1828 Edition
Governance
GOV'ERNANCE
,Noun.
Government; exercise of authority; direction; control; management, either of a public officer, or of a private guardian or tutor.