An authoritative instruction as to how to proceed or act; an established set of principles; a system of government; authority; discipline. Obsolete.

The manner in which something is governed or regulated; method of management, system of regulation.

Polity, civil order; an organized and established system or form of government or administration, esp. in a state or city. Obsolete.

A method or system of rule, government, or organization; a regime. Obsolete.

An established order, plan, scheme, system, esp. of government. Now historical.

A particular (implied or specified) form of political organization or government, as established in a country or territory.

The system according to which a nation or community is governed; form or kind of polity.

Political constitution, form of government. Obsolete.

A plan or scheme of government or administration; a plan of political action. Obsolete.

A particular form of government or political organization.

A community governed, a state.

A particular form of governance or control; a prevailing system. Cf. regime, n. 2a.

The system or body of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state, or body politic is constituted and governed.

A method or system of rule, governance, or control; a system of organization; a way of doing things, esp. one having widespread influence or…

With the. The prevailing political, economic, or social order, esp. regarded as oppressive or stifling; the Establishment; any impersonal…

government by a political party or coalition of such parties.