Power, rule, authority. Also: realm of authority. to have on onwald: to have in one's power (to); to have (something) in mind.

Command, ordinance; rule, government.

Authoritative direction or guidance; rule.

transferred and figurative. Government, sway (of a country). Obsolete.

Rule or government of a country, city, etc. Also: the authority to rule; political power.

The office, function, or power of governing; authority or permission to govern. Formerly also: †the command (of a body of men) (obsolete).

gen. Rule, dominion. Obsolete.

Rule or government over a person, group, or country; governance; esp. royal authority. Now rare (archaic and poetic in later use).

Control, government, dominion; power, sway; an instance of this. With possessive adjective or of, specifying the person or thing being ruled.

Control, government, dominion; power, sway; an instance of this. Without construction.

= governance, n. (in various senses).

Government, rule. Obsolete.

The office or function of governing or ruling; authority to govern.

= governance, n.

The action of dominating; the exercise of ruling power; lordly rule, sway, or control; ascendancy.

Control, rule, governance. Also: a system of government. Obsolete.

The office or function of governing; spec. the office or function of governor. Cf. governorship, n.

Rule, sway, jurisdiction, command.

Rule, sovereignty, power; an instance of this.

Originally Scottish. The position of rector, rectorship; (hence) administration. Obsolete.

Power of rule or command; sovereign power or authority; dominion, rule.

Administration, dominion, rule. Scottish. Obsolete.

spec. In full British Raj. Direct rule in India by the British (1858–1947); this period of dominion. Often with the. Also in extended use: any system…