Municipal
[mjʊ'nɪsɪp(ə)l] or [mju'nɪsɪpl]
Definition
(adj.) of or relating to the government of a municipality; 'international law...only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law'- J.L.kuntz .
(adj.) relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality; 'municipal government'; 'municipal bonds'; 'a municipal park'; 'municipal transportation' .
Inputed by Delia--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation.
Edited by Clio
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Civic, civil, not military.
Checker: Sigmund
Definition
adj. pertaining to a corporation or city.—n. Municipalisā′tion.—v.t. Munic′ipalise.—ns. Munic′ipalism; Municipal′ity a town or city possessed of self-government: a district governed like a city: in France a division of the country.—adv. Munic′ipally.
Typed by Lisa
Examples
- Anyone who has had the smallest experience of municipal politics knows that the corruption of the police is directly proportionate to the severity of the taboos it is asked to enforce. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Here then is the proper business of municipal laws, to fix what the principles of human nature have left undetermined. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- With federal, state, and municipal authorities in existence, with courts, district attorneys, police all operating, they create another arm of prosecution. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Another device is the separation of municipal, state and national elections: to hold them all at the same time is an inducement to prevent the voter from splitting his allegiance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Los Angeles is undertaking one of the greatest municipal projects of the day. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In New York, for many years past, every new movement, philanthropic, municipal or artistic, had taken account of his opinion and wanted his name. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He took us to the municipal palace. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They have been used extensively upon private and municipal lines both in Europe and the United States. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A municipal lodging house for women is something of a substitute for the wretched rented room. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The council, mindful of its social duties, superintended the filling of the municipal granaries, in order to have supplies in years of scarcity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- According to the practice in modern municipal health regulations, the test as to when a child recovering from diphtheria is incapable of disseminating the disease is by test culture. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Municipal improvements were undertaken in Panama and Colon and the various settlements in the Canal Zone, such as the construction of reservoirs, pavements and a system of modern roads. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In comparison, it is interesting to mention the lighting equipment of the new Municipal Building, in New York City, numbering something over 15,000 lamps. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Social problems were taken up by town administration or the corresponding municipal organization. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Graham Wallas was a candidate in five municipal elections, and has held an important office as member of the London County Council. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typist: Vern