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MUNICIPAL
municipal
(adjective) 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
municipal
(adjective) relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality; “municipal government”; “municipal bonds”; “a municipal park”; “municipal transportation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
municipal (comparative more municipal, superlative most municipal)
Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
Of or pertaining to the internal affairs of a nation.
Synonyms
• civic
Noun
municipal (plural municipals)
(finance) A financial instrument issued by a municipality.
Source: Wiktionary
Mu*nic"i*pal, a. Etym: [L. municipalis, fr. municipium a town, particularly in Italy, which possessed the right of Roman citizenship, but was governed by its own laws, a free town, fr. municeps an inhabitant of a free town, a free citizen; munia official duties, functions + capere to take: cf. F. municipal. Cf. Immunity, and Capacoius.]
1. Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers.
2. Of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation. Municipal law is properly defined to be a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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