Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to government or the government; given, made, or issued by the government: as, governmental interference with trade; governmental order; governmental policy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to government; made by government.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Relating to a government
  • adjective Relating to governing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective relating to or dealing with the affairs or structure of government or politics or the state

Etymologies

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government +‎ -al

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