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gubernation Now rare.|gjuːbəˈneɪʃən|
[a. obs. F. gubernation, or ad. L. gubernātiōn-em, n. of action f. gubernāre to steer, rule, govern.]
The act or fact of governing, guiding, or controlling; guidance, government.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) IV. 33 These men be the lxxti interpretatores, whiche instructe lawe and psalmes of the cognicion of oon God, and gubernacion of theire realme. c1485Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 200 Yf we hem gett onder ower gubernacyon. 1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) i. vi. 51 Appereth clerely that the creacyon and gubernacyon of all the worlde procedeth of all the blyssed trynyte. 1560Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees 1835) 191, I will that my said brother xp'ofor ffenne [have] the gubernac'on and custodie of the said xls. a pece, amownting to the sume of vjl. duringe the minorities of the thre childeren. 1574Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. (1577) 150 If you will gouerne this Earledome verie well, begin the gubernation in your selfe. 1635F. White Sabbath Ep. Ded. 12 The adversaries of the Prelacie contend, that Episcopall gubernation is prohibited by Christ. 1653Gataker Vind. Annot. Jer. 97 There was no suspition of a supernatural gubernation or direction. 1741Watts Improv. Mind i. xvi. §1 There is little or nothing in the government of the kingdoms of nature, and grace, but what is..employed as a medium or conscious instrument of this extensive gubernation. 1851G. S. Faber Many Mansions (1862) 317 They ascend in the scale of orderly gubernation.
b. attrib. in gubernation money (Sc.).
1837Evid. taken bef. Commissioners Univ. Scotl. II. 496 [Payments made out of Snell's charity] To ten exhibitioners..{pstlg}1333 6s. 8d. The master of Balliol for gubernation money {pstlg}31 15s. 0d.
Hence guberˈnational a. rare, pertaining to government.
1863Russell Diary North & South I. 168 Another gubernational dignitary laconically replied to the demand for so many thousand soldiers, ‘Nary one’. |