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Noun: governing body
  1. The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
    "he claims that the present governing body is corrupt";
    - administration, governance, establishment, brass, organization, organisation [Brit], admin [informal]

Derived forms: governing bodies

Type of: body

Part of: authorities, government, regime

Encyclopedia: Governing body

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Gouverneur Morris
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Governador Valadares
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Government Accounting Office
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