municipal

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: mu=nic=i=pal

CIDE DICTIONARY

municipal, a. [L. municipalis, fr. municipium a town, particularly in Italy, which possessed the right of Roman citizenship, but was governed by its own laws, a free town, fr. municeps an inhabitant of a free town, a free citizen; munia official duties, functions + capere to take: cf. F. municipal. Cf. Immunity, and Capacoius.].

•  Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers.  [1913 Webster]
•  Of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation.  [1913 Webster]

  "Municipal law is properly defined to be a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

municipal, adj. of or concerning a municipality or its self-government.

Derivative

municipalize v.tr. (also -ise). municipalization n. municipally adv.

Etymology

L municipalis f. municipium free city f. municeps -cipis citizen with privileges f. munia civic offices + capere take

THESAURUS

municipal

borough, burghal, citified, city, civic, civil, council, downtown, home, inland, internal, interurban, intestine, metropolitan, midtown, national, native, oppidan, parish, suburban, town, uptown, urban, village

ROGET THESAURUS

municipal

Jurisdiction

N jurisdiction, judicature, administration of justice, soc, executive, commission of the peace, magistracy, judge, tribunal, municipality, corporation, bailiwick, shrievalty, lord lieutenant, sheriff, shire reeve, shrieve, constable, selectman, police, police force, the fuzz, constabulary, bumbledom, gendarmerie, officer, bailiff, tipstaff, bum-bailiff, catchpoll, beadle, policeman, cop, police constable, police sergeant, sbirro, alguazil, gendarme, kavass, lictor, mace bearer, huissier, bedel, tithingman, press gang, exciseman, gauger, gager, customhouse officer, douanier, coroner, edile, aedile, portreeve, paritor, posse comitatus, bureau, cutcherry, department, secretariat, long arm of the law, extradition, executive, administrative, municipal, inquisitorial, causidical, judicatory, judiciary, judicial, juridical, coram judice.