gubernation
/ˌɡuːbəˈneiʃn/Now rare
noun
The action or fact of governing; guidance, control; rule, government.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Boccaccio's De Claris Mulieribus. Probably partly (i) from Middle French gubernacion, gubernation control, rule, government, probably an alteration of gouvernacion, gouvernation after classical Latin gubernāre.
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