Republic
1 a (1) : a government having a chief of state who is not a
monarch and who in modern times is usually a president (2) : a political
unit (as a nation) having such a form of government b (1) : a
government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote
and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and
governing according to law (2) : a political unit (as a nation) having
such a form of government c : a usually specified republican
government of a political unit <the French Fourth Republic>
Federal
1 archaic : of or relating to a compact or treaty
2 a : formed by a compact between political units that surrender
their individual sovereignty to a central authority but retain limited residuary
powers of government b : of or constituting a form of government
in which power is distributed between a central authority and a number of
constituent territorial units c : of or relating to the central
government of a federation as distinguished from the governments of the
constituent units
3 capitalized : advocating or friendly to the principle of
a federal government with strong centralized powers; especially :
of or relating to the American Federalists
4 often capitalized : of, relating to, or loyal to the
federal government or the Union armies of the U.S. in the American Civil War
5 capitalized : being or belonging to a style of
architecture and decoration current in the U.S. following the Revolution
- fed·er·al·ly /-d(&-)r&-lE/ adverb
Confederacy
3 : the body formed by persons, states, or nations united by a league
National
Consolidation