governing body

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governing body - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"governance, organisation, administration, brass, establishment, organizationbody - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body"authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"Curia - (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Churchtop brass - the most important persons in a governing bodyexecutive - persons who administer the lawjudiciary, bench - persons who administer justicecounty council - the elected governing body of a countygovernment officials, officialdom - people elected or appointed to administer a governmentpecking order, power structure, hierarchy - the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative bodymanagement - those in charge of running a businessadvisory board, planning board - a board appointed to advise the chief administrator

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