1744, from government + -al (1). Related: Governmentally. A Middle English word in the same sense was gubernatif (late 14c.).
public confidence and governmental morale
governmental policy
govern
governable
governance
governess
government
governmental
governmentalism
governor
gow
gowk
gown
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