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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
federal/ˈfedərəl/
adjective
  • 1 having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs.
  • 2 relating to or denoting the central government as distinguished from the separate units constituting a federation.

    ■ (Federal) US historical of the Northern States in the Civil War.

– derivatives
federalism noun,
federalist noun & adjective,
federalization (or federalisation) noun,
federalize (or federalise) verb,
federally adverb.
– origin C17: from L. foedus, foeder- ‘league, covenant’ + -al.



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