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GOVERNING BODY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
Example:
he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment
Synonyms:
administration; brass; establishment; governance; governing body; organisation; organization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("governing body" is a kind of...):
body (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity)
Meronyms (parts of "governing body"):
hierarchy; pecking order; power structure (the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body)
Meronyms (members of "governing body"):
advisory board; planning board (a board appointed to advise the chief administrator)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "governing body"):
Curia ((Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church)
top brass (the most important persons in a governing body)
executive (persons who administer the law)
bench; judiciary (persons who administer justice)
county council (the elected governing body of a county)
government officials; officialdom (people elected or appointed to administer a government)
management (those in charge of running a business)
Holonyms ("governing body" is a part of...):
authorities; government; regime (the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit)
