con·sti·tu·tion·al·ism 
(kŏn′stĭ-tshə-nə-lĭz′əm, -ty-)
(kŏn′stĭ-tshə-nə-lĭz′əm, -ty-)n.
1. Government in which power is distributed and limited by a system of laws that the rulers must obey.
2.
a. A constitutional system of government.
b. Advocacy of such a system.
con′sti·tution·al·ist n.
- perching bird
- perchlorate
- perchloric acid
- perchlorid
- perchloride
- perchlorobenzene
- perchloroethylene
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- percipience
- percipiency
- percipient
- Percival
- Percocet
- Percodan
- percolate
- percolation
- percolator
- per contra
- percurrent
- percuss
- percussion
- percussion cap
- percussion instrument
- percussionist
- percussive