the (legal) power or right to control, give others and make others obey
power, control
the power or authority to direct, order or restrain
command, mastery
the state of being dominant
supremacy
authority to rule; control (over)
area of rule; authority
the power to govern
management, administration
(the use of) the power to affect a person's character, belief or actions or to get a result e.g. because of a strong personality, wealth etc
power, authority
the right to administer justice; legal authority
area of authority
great effort, power, strength; of may
ability, power
(a country with, system of) government by a small group of powerful people; such a group
dictatorship
(a state of) superiority in strength, numbers etc
reign
a large amount of number of it, them
great numbers; supremacy
(an instance of) the cruel or unjust use of power; (an instance of, country with) the kind of government existing when a ruler has complete power, especially power obtained by force and used unjustly
dictatorship